[gentoo-user] Re: escape from i3lock

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@very.loosely.org>]

On 2019-07-10 15:23, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:03:42AM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> > Here is my next "low information" question, haha.
> > 
> > I use i3lock which is like Xscreensaver but much much simpler; it plays
> > no movies or games, just blanks the screen with a configured color or
> > image.  To unlock it you have to type your password.
> > 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.
> 
> Not sure whether any of that stuff matters, but that was the first thing
> I thought of.

It does matter.  Sysvinit, xdm via an initscript.  Not so long ago, no
DM at all, just startx/xinit.

This is probably a function of consolekit or some of the other awful
*kits.  Not installing one of those.  I'll find a workaround.

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