Re: Possible flaw in XFree?

From: Ross Nelson (coutcinat_private)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 05:37:04 PDT

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    On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 strangeat_private wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 02:34:01PM -0300, William N. Zanatta wrote:
>
> Unix/Linux is a multiuser system. If a user had the ability to lock the
> system against anyone else, I would call that a bug.
>
> As it is, a user has the ability to lock its sessions. That's the purpose
> of xlock and likes.
>
> And if the same user or another user has the ability to switch to a new
> console and start its own X server or shell, I call that a multiuser
> system.

However, the point of xlock is to lock it and prevent things like that.  I
see what you're saying, but if they can do that then there's no point in
locking.

Also, have you tried opening a second X server on one box at the same
time?  I haven't tried and was wondering if that'd actually work.

Ross Nelson

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