Re: Solaris 8 Screensaver Issue?

From: Mark Baldwin (mbaldwinat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 17 2002 - 13:41:51 PDT

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    Jon,
    
    I cannot reproduce on an Ultra5 running Solaris 8. I have fairly recent 
    patches installed.
    
    Mark...
    -- 
    Mark A. Baldwin				Director of Information Systems
    OPNET Technologies			http://opnet.com
    
    Jon Masters wrote:
    
    > Hi,
    > 
    > Is anyone familiar with an apparent problem in the Solaris 8 screen lock
    > process, I believe "dtscreen" (the lock icon in the CDE system tray
    > invokes this command) allowing for a combination of the "Shift" and
    > "Return" keys to cause the process to core dump and allow access to the
    > currently running session? I have litterally done nothing more than notice
    > this last night, have not had chance to run any debugger yet, etc.
    > 
    > I presume this is a known problem but I encountered it quite by accident
    > last night on an old Sparcstation I keep about the house - I'm mostly a
    > Linux nut but thought I had installed most of the available security
    > patches...anyway, if someone can confirm I'm missing one, then cheers.
    > 
    > Thanks,
    > 
    > Jon.
    > 
    > 
    > 
    



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