screen lock

Haythem · 12-26-2014, 12:57 PM

Even with x screen locked I can switch to the text console ctrl+alt+f1 and press ctrl+c to kill x session and, I can lunch it again. is that intended or screen lock should not let you kill x session.

WhiteWolf1776 · 12-26-2014, 05:31 PM

to get x to lock the screen, you need to login with X instead of startx from a console. an init 4 command or updating the runlevel in /etc/inittab to 4 will do this for you.

The only other way I can think of is running:
startx; exit

that will generally kill your login with a ctrl c... but really... just use the x login.

STDOUBT · 12-26-2014, 06:05 PM

Haythem,
If you're concerned about access to your TTY if X is killed, and you wish to login and launch X with the command line, use:

Code:

exec startx

and then even if X is killed, your user is automatically logged out.

Haythem · 12-26-2014, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteWolf1776

to get x to lock the screen, you need to login with X instead of startx from a console. an init 4 command or updating the runlevel in /etc/inittab to 4 will do this for you.

The only other way I can think of is running:
startx; exit

that will generally kill your login with a ctrl c... but really... just use the x login.

Thanks WhiteEolf1776 for you suggestions, I'm not a fan of graphical login so I prefer to use "3".

Haythem · 12-26-2014, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STDOUBT

Haythem,
If you're concerned about access to your TTY if X is killed, and you wish to login and launch X with the command line, use:

Code:

exec startx

and then even if X is killed, your user is automatically logged out.

Thanks STDOUBT that worked It automatically logged out the user after killing X.

Paulo2 · 12-26-2014, 09:05 PM

You can try running 'startx &' then 'vlock', it's a console locker.
There is a slackbuild for it.

Haythem · 12-29-2014, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haythem

Thanks STDOUBT that worked It automatically logged out the user after killing X.

That worked as well. Thank you!