> Yeah, when making a machine for a less technical or less command-prompt > comfortable person, I like to have it boot into GUI via the desktop > manager. But when setting it up for myself or for people technically > sharp enough to log in and then type "startx" (and people you can > trust with the command prompt), I like to boot to the command prompt.
When logging in at the Linux console (on current kernels at least), then running startx, there is a security problem: Anyone with physical access to your computer could: a) logout of your gui session (if it's not screensaver locked), taking them back to your command line, and depending on your settings of /etc/sudoers tty_tickets or respectively !tty_tickets setting - see man sudoers) might give them instant root access; either way, mischief may ensure. b) type Ctrl-Alt-F1 (for example), followed by Ctrl-C to kill your gui session, notwithstanding if you even have it gui locked SO: what to do? What I did for a while was: a) log in to Linux console b) startx; exit This way, when the gui (X in this case) exits for any reason, then the console shell session logs out automatically. That's fine, but requires more typing, and remembering to add the extra "; exit" command. So to optimize, simply put the sequency "startx; exit" (or similar) into a shell function - I use the name "se" since it's less to type :) So now I use: a) log in to Linux console b) se Happy and safe sessions to all, Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caosgnssdt+5w-teaijnkfnkl0tmclf4ljuiokkw+oxdfiei...@mail.gmail.com
