Re: Suspend/X workaround: security issue

2000-06-14 Thread Heather
> Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > > Great, so I go and write an executable file in /etc/apm/event.d/01x_bugfix > > containing: > > [script omitted] > > > This strikes me as a security risk > > A mild one, but yes. It strikes me that a better solution would be to > figure out why suspend causes p

Re: Suspend/X workaround: security issue

2000-06-14 Thread Heather
> Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > > Great, so I go and write an executable file in /etc/apm/event.d/01x_bugfix > > containing: > > [script omitted] > > > This strikes me as a security risk > > A mild one, but yes. It strikes me that a better solution would be to > figure out why suspend causes

Re: Suspend/X workaround: security issue

2000-06-09 Thread Chris Waters
Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > Great, so I go and write an executable file in /etc/apm/event.d/01x_bugfix > containing: [script omitted] > This strikes me as a security risk A mild one, but yes. It strikes me that a better solution would be to figure out why suspend causes problems with X. I kno

Re: Suspend/X workaround: security issue

2000-06-09 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
> > I'd prefer to go back to the same virtual terminal I was on. Is there > > a way to query the system for what tty is active? > > "/usr/bin/tty >/tmp/ttysuspend" into my script. > > /usr/bin/fgconsole > /tmp/ttysuspend Great, so I go and write an executable file in /etc/apm/event.d/01x_bugfix

Re: Suspend/X workaround: security issue

2000-06-09 Thread Chris Waters
Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > Great, so I go and write an executable file in /etc/apm/event.d/01x_bugfix > containing: [script omitted] > This strikes me as a security risk A mild one, but yes. It strikes me that a better solution would be to figure out why suspend causes problems with X. I kn

Re: Suspend/X workaround: security issue

2000-06-09 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
> > I'd prefer to go back to the same virtual terminal I was on. Is there > > a way to query the system for what tty is active? > > "/usr/bin/tty >/tmp/ttysuspend" into my script. > > /usr/bin/fgconsole > /tmp/ttysuspend Great, so I go and write an executable file in /etc/apm/event.d/01x_bugfix