On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:06:55 -0300 "William N. Zanatta" <williamat_private> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Talking about some bad experiences with my friend, I discovered (he > told me) it is possible to abort a X session even when the screen is > locked by some kind of application like 'xlock'. > > I have made the following test: > > 1. Logged into the system as 'william' (a normal non-privileged > user). 2. startx > 3. Run xlock > ... the screen is now locked... > 4. Tried a hit on some keys. The password screen appears. > 5. Then, 'ctrl-alt-backspace' and voila... X is down and my console > is there, opened for me. This is very old issue. You don't even need to kill the X session. Just use CTRL+ALT+F[1-6] (at least on Linux) to switch back to the console. If you get back to the console from which X was started, just kill it with CTRL+C. Never start X from your shell with 'startx' only. Use XDM/KDM/GSM or some other display manager. If you have to use startx, do something like: "startx & exit" Now, if X is killed with CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE (or user switched back to console) , it'll welcome you with the login prompt. Vanja ======================================================================= Politicians are people who, when they see the light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy more tunnel. - John Quinton =======================================================================
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