clone 12176 -1
retitle 12176 please support locking multiple ttys
retitle -1 please support clearing the screen before locking
thanks
On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche wrote:
> Suppose you are working on, say, 8 VCs, with remote logins and several other
> applications running on them. You are going to leave the computer for a
> while, so you want to lock them, but you would like to let the un-used
> VCs unlocked, just in case someone else NEEDS to use the computer while
> you are out.
>
> In such situation there is no way to say: "lock VCs x to y, and also z,
> but leave the rest unlocked". I don't think it is an easy task, but...
> it is nice, isn't it?
This is #12176
> Another one; easier, I think: when I use vlock, I don't like casual
> people seeing what was in the console previously the vlock, so I end
> up writing "clear;vlock -a". It would be nice if vlock cleaned the
> screen by itself. And, well, even NICER if it would be able to resto-
> re the screen after authentification (although, in that case, probably
> it would be necessary to make vlock suid root again in order to read
> the vcs's... >:> ).
And this the cloned one.
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