locking a grml box

I was thinking of a reliable way to lock a grml box. Logging out is not possible due to the respawn-feature of init.

The solution is to run 'passwd && vlock -a'. This sets a password for the current user (which is disabled by default for security reasons) and then locks the current console and disables switching to other consoles.

This entry was posted by mika on Wednesday, March 2. 2005 at 17:37. and is filed under general. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.

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  1. nion says:
    #1 2005-03-02 18:00 (Reply)

    I think this is the best way. What about grml-lock which uses dialog for changing the password and then calls vlock -a? regards nion

  2. mika says:
    #1.1 2005-03-02 19:06 (Reply)

    I wrote a small hack, for a first version see: http://grml.org/files/scripts/grml-lock


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