[dev] Re: [SLOCK] is not safe

Le Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:50:33 +0100
Moritz Wilhelmy <crap_AT_wzff.de> a écrit:

> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:33:12AM -0800, Thayer Williams wrote:
> > On Jan 17, 2010 at 07:28 AM, Premysl Hruby <dfenze_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On (17/01/10 16:17), Julien Pecqueur wrote:
> > > > I'm using slock and i am suprised to realize that is not safe at all!
> > > >
> > > > I launched slock in my DWM session. I just have to press CTRL+ALT+F1
> > > > and press CTRL+z (to send startx in background an get the hand on the
> > > > shell) and type "killall slock" to unlock the session...
> > > >
> > >
> > > But that is not problem of slock, but the problem how you start X :-)
> >
> > Exactly, the above method doesn't work when X is started like so:
> >
> > # auto startx if logging in at VC/1
> > if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/tty1 ]]; then
> > startx >& ~/.myXLog
> > logout
> > fi
> >
>
> This also doesn't work in all cases, for instance if somebody engraves
> the magic word "Elbereth" into your computer with a magic marker, slock
> will turn around immediately and flee.
>
>

Yeah, unless it polymorphed just before into a @, in which case it will not
care about it and you will have to "killall slock" again.
Received on Sun Jan 17 2010 - 19:28:40 UTC