Re: [gentoo-user] escape from i3lock

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:23:08 -0400, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:

> > It bothers me that even when i3lock has locked the X session, I can
> > still switch to other Linux virtual consoles with Alt-Control-F<n> ,
> > without typing the password.  It so happens that on one of the other
> > virtual consoles there is often an interactive root shell :-P
> > 
> > So, is it possible to prevent virtual console switching while the X
> > screen is locked, but still allow it at other times?  Looks like
> > something the locker program would have to do, not the X server; but
> > again I don't know much about this stuff.  
> 
> Which init are you using, what display manager, and how are you
> launching it? I'm using systemd and sddm, and when I run `i3lock', I
> cannot switch to different virtual consoles.

I use slock for this with the same problem. I just tried i3lock, with
systemd and sddm, and I can still switch to a virtual console.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

If it ain't broke, break it and charge for repair.

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