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Re: Solaris 8 Screensaver Issue?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Baldwin)
Mon Jun 17 20:54:06 2002
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:41:51 -0400
From: Mark Baldwin <mbaldwin@opnet.com>
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To: Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>
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Jon,
I cannot reproduce on an Ultra5 running Solaris 8. I have fairly recent
patches installed.
Mark...
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Mark A. Baldwin Director of Information Systems
OPNET Technologies http://opnet.com
Jon Masters wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is anyone familiar with an apparent problem in the Solaris 8 screen lock
> process, I believe "dtscreen" (the lock icon in the CDE system tray
> invokes this command) allowing for a combination of the "Shift" and
> "Return" keys to cause the process to core dump and allow access to the
> currently running session? I have litterally done nothing more than notice
> this last night, have not had chance to run any debugger yet, etc.
>
> I presume this is a known problem but I encountered it quite by accident
> last night on an old Sparcstation I keep about the house - I'm mostly a
> Linux nut but thought I had installed most of the available security
> patches...anyway, if someone can confirm I'm missing one, then cheers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon.
>
>
>
