alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis) (09/26/85)
In article <3291@pur-ee.UUCP> davy@pur-ee.UUCP (Dave Curry) writes: > > Here's the program I've been using for several years now to lock > terminals... as far as I can tell, it is uninterruptible. To my knowledge, at least on BSD systems, there is no such thing as an uninterruptible lock. There are things you can do that help, but none of the lock programs that I have seen posted do them. If you really want to be safe, log out when you go away. I will reply to postings from `root' if those lock programs seem secure to you. Much as I dislike locks (tying up a hard-to-get terminal while the user is having his coffee strikes me as objectionable), I will not make those loopholes general knowledge. PS. Followups will go to net.unix. -- _______________________________________________ As soon as I get a full time job, the opinions expressed above will attach themselves to my employer, who will never be rid of them again. alexis @ reed {decvax,ihnp4,ucbcad,uw-beaver}!tektronix!reed.UUCP
flaps@utcs.uucp (Alan J Rosenthal) (10/13/85)
In article <1932@reed.UUCP> alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis) writes: >Much as I dislike locks (tying up a hard-to-get terminal while >the user is having his coffee strikes me as objectionable) Allow me to point out a use for locks.. I frequently use my lock program while leaving for just a minute or two (literally), not to keep the terminal, but to avoid the overhead of logging in again, which takes a couple of minutes, which is as long as I am leaving for. Alan J Rosenthal