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- From: jf@edv6000.tuwien.ac.at (Josef Fritscher (58801-5505))
- Subject: Re: Screen lock program
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.104639.13017@email.tuwien.ac.at>
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- Organization: Technical University of Vienna
- References: <1992Jul22.150519.20511@wap.uucp>
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- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 10:46:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.150519.20511@wap.uucp>, bdixon@wap.uucp (Bill Dixon) writes:
- |> If this is a FAQ, I apologize profusely.
- |>
- |> I have an IBM 5081 16" color monitor as the console of my RS/6000. I use
- |> it as my personal terminal.
- |>
- |> I tell our users that they have to log off the system if they are going to
- |> leave their desk. They do a pretty good job of remembering to do so, even
- |> if they do grumble about having to do it.
- |>
- |> However, it isn't going to look very good if I make them log off, but I
- |> don't log off myself. Unfortunately, I routinely have several (try 10 to
- |> 15) windows open running different applications. Many of these require
- |> several keystrokes to exit from cleanly. A lot of them can cause trouble
- |> if I just do a Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, and kill everything.
- |>
- |> Is there any way to lock up the terminal, so that I could walk away from
- |> it in good conscience?
-
- One way is to use xlock, especially with some patches for the RS/6000 I've
- done (available via anonymous ftp from ftp.tuwien.ac.at (128.130.2.5):
- /pub/X11/RS6000/xlock.tar.Z
-
- This doesn't help against Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, but the -T option of the
- X server does.
-
- -Joe
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