[1055] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
[linux-security] Locking consoles.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rogier Wolff)
Thu Aug 22 09:35:05 1996
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 10:39:37 +0200 (MET DST)
From: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
Rogier Wolff said something to the effect that Linux consoles
could be locked by pressing control-D for a while in all VCs.
Andries replied:
> And that does not suffice on systems that do not spawn getty's
> from inittab but upon a suitable keypress.
> (On my system pressing Alt-UpArrow will create a fresh VC and a
> login running there.)
Rogier asked: How do you do that?
Andries replies:
> In /etc/rc.local:
> -------------------------------
> loadkeys << EOF
> alt keycode 103 = Spawn_Console
> EOF
> spawn_login &
> -------------------------------
> spawn_login can be found in the kbd package.
> There exist much more elaborate schemes using the same mechanism -
> see the dynamic console package.
> Andries
