"\"csdgwh\""@sn070.dnet.ge.COM (03/21/91)
Received: by DniMail (v2.0); Wed Mar 20 12:32:16 1991 EDT Received: from sn350.uca by sn070 (4.0/SMI-4.0) id AA10931; Wed, 20 Mar 91 12:32:09 EST From: csdgwh (Glenn W. Hoffman) To: advax::"xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu" Subject: Screen Lock for X terminals I would like to be able to utilize an automatic screen lock utility from an X terminal. We have xlocktool at our site, but it only works correctly when the user is working at the keyboard/mouse that is attached to the cpu. If the user is at an X terminal, he gets locked out after the specified idle time, even when the terminal is not idle. (Surprise!!) The apparent cause of this behavior is that xlocktool is using fstat on the devices /dev/kbd and /dev/mouse to determine their time of last access. (I assume these devices are the representations of the local keyboard/mouse of the cpu, hence the problem.) Is there some way for xlocktool to get the time of last access of the keyboard/mouse attached to the X terminal? xlocktool is v 2.0 - 90/04/05 and xlock is 29-Oct-90 Glenn csdgwh@sn070.dnet.ge.com csdgwh@aesd.dnet.ge.com