From: af1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de (Andre Fuechsel) Subject: Re: xlock is useless! Date: 7 Apr 1993 11:50:22 GMT
In article <C4tFGp.D28@world.std.com>, acohen@world.std.com (Aaron Michael Cohen) writes:
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>From: acohen@world.std.com (Aaron Michael Cohen)
>Subject: Re: xlock is useless!
>This means that I have to reboot the machine to get out of xlock!
You don't have to rreboot your machine - just switch to another VC
(CTRL-ALT-Fn) and stop the xlock process!
xlock doesn't accept passwords in /etc/shadow - you'll need a new version.
I had the same problem but I have not looked for a new version yet!
Andre Fuechsel