NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/17612

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From: [e-mail] (Operator (Phil/Dylan))
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Subject: X - how do I stop ctrl-alt-BS?
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Date: 23 Nov 92 02:53:24 GMT
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Having munged through most of the docs etc, I have come across a problem
that I cannot redress, that of Xlock,...

The linux machine that I use here is a research machine and I have found
that to my annoyance a normal (unix unfriendly) user can get to console
while it is xlocked and type in crtl-alt-del which kills the server
stone dead includeing any work I'm doing at that time (*fume*  - it was
my net-FAQ that I was working on) I locked the xserver using xlock in the
reasonable expectation that the console would still have all my work on it
when I can back from an errand. Instead I cam back to find this guy on it
running amok with root privs. I have a /etc/locked shell for this guy,
Dylan wrote it cos he also got cheesed of at this It's rather simple
nasty and effective. I'll get Dylan to post it later.

I do NOT want to use xdm. I start X with the startx command from root
as I do alpha testing. HOW DO I STOP THAT SERVER DYING?

On a completely different topic, does anyone know where the
'bastard operator from hell' scripts reside? I saw one and liked it,
I may even take up some of it's practices 8-)

Phil (The irrate)
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