Subject: vlock 0.8 released
From: "Michael K. Johnson" <[email-masked]>
Date: 8 Jul 1994 16:44:10 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

vlock is a small program which locks terminal sessions and virtual
consoles.

There were some security problems with previous versions of vlock.
`vlock -a' was not secure, and a signal was not handled correctly.
Every vlock user who cares about the security of their locking
(probably most users) should upgrade.

It is quite small, and a binary is included in the source package for
those who hate compiling things.

Here is the LSM:
Begin2
Title        = vlock
Version      = 0.8
Desc1        = Linux Console lock program -- kind of like xlock for
Desc2        = Virtual Consoles.  Now may work for login sessions on
Desc3        = other tty types, too, but I'm not sure it's perfect...
Author       = Michael K. Johnson
AuthorEmail  = [email-masked]
Maintainer   = Michael K. Johnson
MaintEmail   = [email-masked]
Site1        = tsx-11.mit.edu
Path1        = /pub/linux/sources/usr.bin
File1        = vlock-0.8.tar.gz
Site2        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path2        =
File2        = vlock-0.8.tar.gz
Required1    = Linux .96 or higher, libc 4.4.4 or higher.
Required2    = Shadow passwords should work now, but only with working
Required3    = libraries, which many version of shadow aren't.  See README.
CopyPolicy1  = GNU Copyleft
Keywords     = virtual terminals virtual consoles screen lock
End

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