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#5 lock utility

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2002-02-20
2002-02-20
Anonymous
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It would be great to have 'lock' utility to protect
our terminal while we have a coffee-break or something.

Something that would clear the screen, if possible and
ask for a password. I think that unix had or has
something like that...

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  • Victor Domingos

    Victor Domingos - 2002-02-20

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    Yes. it is true. A lock program is almost always present at
    unix systems. In fact also exists a x-lock utility to lock
    X terminals.

    We'll do it soon... Our screen clear is not very secure, it
    just prints some new-line characters to the screen. But it
    certainly is better that just nothing. And we will
    implement the password thing. Maybe we will use the funtion
    getpasswd(). We are now about to read the manual to check
    about its portability.

     
  • Victor Domingos

    Victor Domingos - 2002-02-20

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    Yes. it is true. A lock program is almost always present at
    unix systems. In fact also exists a x-lock utility to lock
    X terminals.

    We'll do it soon... Our screen clear is not very secure, it
    just prints some new-line characters to the screen. But it
    certainly is better that just nothing. And we will
    implement the password thing. Maybe we will use the funtion
    getpasswd(). We are now about to read the manual to check
    about its portability.

     
  • Victor Domingos

    Victor Domingos - 2002-03-22

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    Ok... done. not very perfwect, but still very portable :-/

     

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