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- From: lwvanels@athena.mit.edu (Lucien W. Van Elsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: Screen lock program
- Message-ID: <LWVANELS.92Jul27101226@fionavar.mit.edu>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 14:12:33 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.150519.20511@wap.uucp>
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- In-Reply-To: bdixon@wap.uucp's message of Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:05:19 GMT
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- bdixon@wap.uucp (Bill Dixon) writes:
- > Is there any way to lock up the terminal, so that I could walk away from
- > it in good conscience?
-
- xscreensaver allows you to do this, and also has support for preventing
- someone from switching hft's (and potentially logging in under you) while
- the screen is locked. It is available for anonymous ftp from
- pit-manager.mit.edu (18.172.1.27) in the directory pub/xscreensaver.
-
- -Lucien
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