On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:30:47 +0200 Markus Teich <markus.te...@stusta.mhn.de> wrote:
> Mattias Andrée wrote: > > Nick <suckless-...@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.
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