On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:33:18 +0100 "Steve Simon" <st...@quintile.net> wrote:
> I cannot imageine the senario where random people will have access > to the cpu/auth/file server's consoles. It just doesn't happen > if you are serious about security. > > However if you want to protect your console against your friends > I wrote a script to do it /n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/conslock > you may also want to look at screenlock(1) > > Incidentially I may use this at home to protect my servers console > against my 2 year old who rather likes keyboards, though this is > a different type of security. > > -Steve > Speaking of family, I'd imagine a little password protection might go a long way to keeping the peace in many families. Respect for siblings' property isn't exactly hard-wired into human nature, is it? -- Ethan Grammatikidis Those who are slower at parsing information must necessarily be faster at problem-solving.