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- From: jwiegand@moe.eng.temple.edu (James Wiegand)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: X - how do I stop ctrl-alt-BS?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.234819.14330@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 23:48:19 GMT
- References: <1992Nov23.025324.17638@csd.uwe.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Temple University EE Dept.
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- In article <1992Nov23.025324.17638@csd.uwe.ac.uk> p_copela@csd.uwe.ac.uk writes:
- >
- >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.
- >
- RTFM:
- (X386.1X)
- KEYBOARD
- Multiple key presses recognized directly by X386 are:
-
- Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
- Immediately kills the server -- no questions
- asked. (Can be disabled by specifying "dontzap"
- in the configuration file.)
- (/usr/X386/lib/X11/Xconfig, that is.)
-
- Or buy a chastity belt for your computer :-).
-
- jim
-