How to lock screen

[Stuart Sears]

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Patrick Derwael wrote:
> Stuart,
> 
> Thank you for pointing me at vlock : it does its locking job properly.

You misunderstood my purpose I think.
vlock -a
when typed on a virtual console (text-mode) will lock the *entire*
console. No one will be able to switch back to your X display to start
any other terminals without typing in the root password. It's much
better in this regard than an Xscreensaver lock.  Any user who knows how
can break that and terminate your X session.
(hint: lock the screen in KDE/GNOME as *any* user and then type
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace together)
However, vlock will definitely not work in an xterm (gnome-terminal,
konsole etc) on an X desktop.

Stuart
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Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX
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