On Thu, January 19, 2012 09:06, Daniel Hedlund wrote: > Came across the a link on Hacker News a few minutes ago that talks about a > bug in Xorg that allows anyone to bypass a locked screen using > <CTRL>+<ALT>+*. Most people are apparently vulnerable: > http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/200 > > Using <SHIFT>+8 to access * doesn't work, but using numlock or a keypad > does. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Interestingly enough - I just tried this and it didn't work. I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and use a "blank screen" for the screen saver. Maybe that's the difference (rather than running an actual screen saver). Tim -- Timothy J. Bruce visit my Website at: http://www.tbruce.com Registered Linux User #325725 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
