locking the computer?

red_erik · 01-14-2005, 05:55 AM

I hope this goes under "security"

Does anyone know of a program that can complety lock your computer while you are away from it? Xscreensaver just locks the x session, and textlock locks just the current terminal...
I need a program that would ignore all input from the keyboard and mouse until the correct password is entered.

And another question:
is there a way to make Linux turn off my monitor after the screensaver has been running for a certain time? I'm using slackware 10 updated to slackware-current

thanks!

Sohni · 01-14-2005, 06:21 AM

How would you pass a password to OS if all input were ignored?

red_erik · 01-14-2005, 11:41 AM

well, that would be up to the author of the program to figure out

sat86 · 01-24-2005, 05:22 AM

I have came across vlock - you can run it with

Code:

vlock -a

on a console (not an xterm) and it will lock all consoles, so that you need to enter a password to even switch consoles.
It can lock a single console as well.

That was under Mandrake, but it appears to be available here:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/vlock/

I think xscreensaver should allow various states of power-down for the monitor.

hardcorelinux · 01-24-2005, 06:35 AM

Thanks !!!