Re: [gentoo-user] escape from i3lock

["Francesco Turco" <fturco@fastmail.fm>]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, at 19:04, 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.

A command such as physlock can be used to lock virtual terminals:
- https://github.com/muennich/physlock
- https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-misc/physlock

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