Subject: [ANNOUNCE] vlock -- Linux Console locker
From: [email-masked] (Michael K. Johnson)
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 22:24:42 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

I am introducing a new program, vlock, which locks Linux virtual
consoles.  It's kind of like xlock, except that it works for virtual
consoles, not X screens.  It doesn't work for serial logins, network
logins, xterms, or any other form of login besides virtual consoles.

Do you ever want to lock a terminal session when you walk away from a
Linux box, but don't want to log out?

With vlock, you can either lock a single virtual console, allowing
other people to log into other consoles, or you can lock all the
consoles at once so that no one can even change virtual consoles.

I wrote this as an example program for Linux Journal -- thank them for
giving me the initiative to write this program, if you like the
program.  I suggest subscribing if you haven't...  (No, I'm not biased
-- I just write for them.., ;-)

 WARNING: vlock can *really* lock the virtual terminal.  If you don't
 know the password of the user whose screen you lock, and don't know
 the root password, you won't be able to unlock the screen.  Really...

michaelkjohnson

An LSM file follows:
Begin2
Title        = vlock
Version      = 0.5
Desc1        = Linux Console lock program -- kind of like xlock for
Desc2        = Virtual Consoles.  Doesn't work for serial logins or
Desc3        = for network logins or for xterms or anything like that.
Desc4        = Just Virtual Consoles.
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-0.5.tar.gz
Site2        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path2        =
File2        = vlock-0.5.tar.gz
Required1    = Linux .96 or higher, libc 4.4.4 or higher.
Required2    = Shadow passwords are not officially supported yet.
Required3    = (Please send me patches to change that if needed)
CopyPolicy1  = GNU Copyleft
Keywords     = virtual terminals virtual consoles screen lock
End