On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 04:37:10PM +0200, Mattias Andrée wrote:
>On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:30:47 +0200
>Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de> wrote:
>
>> Mattias Andrée wrote:
>> > Nick <suckless-dev_AT_njw.me.uk> wrote:
>> > > Wouldn't it make sense to add this functionality
>> > > directly to slock?
>> >
>> > Yes it would. Of course, it needs to be optional.
>> >
>> > My university have a rule that you may not lock the
>> > computer for more than 10 minutes, thus it is required
>> > that students can press ctrl+alt+backspace to kill X
>> > and return the the display manager. In this case, it
>> > would be useful if ctrl+alt+backspace was automatically
>> > added (even if it was not present when slock was
>> > started) after 10 minutes.
>>
>> Heyho,
>>
>> these kind of features should not be included in slock,
>> since:
>>
>> * They can easily be achieved by a simple wrapper script
>> as already mentioned.
>> * More code => more bugs and greater attack surface =>
>> not good for security.
>>
>> --Markus
>>
>
>The timer support should not be added. However,
>temporary removal of the terminate-option is
>important and should be added. But it should be
>added as a wrapper script, so that everyone who
>uses slock does not need to write their own wrapper.
>
That is what I am looking for. BINGO!
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