fangchin@elaine54.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) (05/02/91)
Every now and then I have to be away from my RS6000 console. Up to now I haven't found a good way to lock my console. Xlock won't cut it since anyone can walk up to my console, ALT-CNTL-BKSP, kills X, and then do whatever s/he wants! I can do a really *dirty* kludge using a shell wrapper as follows: xmodmap unbind CNTL call xlock [user passwd validation] xmodmap rebind CNTL However, I don't really think the above even qualifies as a "solution". Up to now, I just log out completely to protect my account, a BIG hassle indeed considering we have 9600! users in yp, and it takes more than 30s to get passwd prompt after login prompt! I confess that RS6000 is still new to me and I might have missed some utilities that I could have taken advantage of. If someone could kindly point me to these or suggest me an elagent way to secure my console, I would be very appreciative. Please email your response. I promise a summary if there is enough interest. Regards, Chin Fang Mechanical Engineering Department Stanford University fangchin@leland.stanford.edu
kgk@emubird.austin.ibm.com (Kevin G. Kehne) (05/02/91)
Look at the "-T" option on the command "X" which starts the X server.
mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) (05/03/91)
fangchin@elaine54.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) writes: > Every now and then I have to be away from my RS6000 console. Up to now > I haven't found a good way to lock my console. Xlock won't cut it since > anyone can walk up to my console, ALT-CNTL-BKSP, kills X, and then do > whatever s/he wants! Look at the "-T" option on the command "X" which starts the X server. -or- Lock the machine with your key. It will keep running, but the input devices won't. Mark Brown IBM PSP Austin, TX. (512) 823-3741 VNET: MBROWN@AUSVMQ MAIL: mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com OR uunet!testsys.austin.ibm.com!mbrown Which came first: The Chicken or the Legba? DISCLAIMER: Any personal opinions stated here are just that.
frank@leopard.austin.ibm.com (05/03/91)
> Up to now, I just log out completely to protect my account, a BIG hassle > indeed considering we have 9600! users in yp, and it takes more than 30s > to get passwd prompt after login prompt! Look at the mkpasswd command. It makes a faster password lookup possible. - Frank Feuerbacher Disclaimer: I speak only for me! And I don't even do a good job of that!
davec@shared.uucp (Dave Close) (05/05/91)
In article <7237@awdprime.UUCP> mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) writes: >fangchin@elaine54.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang) writes: > > Every now and then I have to be away from my RS6000 console. Up to now > > I haven't found a good way to lock my console. Xlock won't cut it since > > anyone can walk up to my console, ALT-CNTL-BKSP, kills X, and then do > > whatever s/he wants! >Look at the "-T" option on the command "X" which starts the X server. Note that -T *only* inhibits CNTL-ALT-BKSP. It does not inhibit ALT-ACTION. Unless you are careful, you may have left behind a logged-in screen which is reachable by ALT-ACTION. This is true if you start X with 'open'. To prevent that problem, you can enter 'open xinit;exit'. -- Dave Close Shared Financial Systems Dallas davec@shared.com vmail +1 214 458 3850 uunet!shared!davec fax +1 214 458 3876 My comments are my opinions and may not be shared by Shared.