xyb3rt/physlock
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Lightweight linux console locking tool
5 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2012-01-19 · latest 2021-01-20
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I use physlock[0] which locks all of the ttys. I've had no issues. [1] https://github.com/muennich/physlock
comment by johnmaguire2013 · 2021-01-20 · in Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys -
I prefer https://github.com/muennich/physlock It seems more secure as it bypasses X, and you can be sure (can you? I just assume this, I don't really know) your input is not even being passed to X when your screen is locked. In practice…
comment by ubercow13 · 2020-03-31 · in X11 screen locking: a secure and modular approach -
…some limita‐ tions. I can't attest to this as I've only used vlock, so correct me if I'm wrong. [0] http://github.com/muennich/physlock
comment by pyroh · 2014-09-21 · in One Thing Well – A weblog about simple, useful software -
…there were some hangups that caused me to switch to physlock (mentioned above, but here's the URL: https://github.com/muennich/physlock ). It's in Arch's AUR.
comment by Adaptive · 2012-01-19 · in Every Linux screen locker bypassed with a keypress -
I often use physlock from X. It drops you to a virtual console and locks from there. https://github.com/muennich/physlock
comment by Adaptive · 2012-01-19 · in Every Linux screen locker bypassed with a keypress