Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!arisia!roo!janssen From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: user inactivity and screen blanking Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 90 02:01:47 GMT References: <1837@ambush.dk> <1021@philtis.cft.philips.nl> <615@giga.UUCP> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 17 In-reply-to: markb@giga.UUCP's message of 11 Apr 90 00:46:03 GMT In article <615@giga.UUCP> markb@giga.UUCP (Mark Baranowski) writes: ... The original poster wanted much more than just a screen-blank program. He wanted a program that would automatically lock-up the console after an appropriate amount of inactivity and require a password from the user to re-enable the console. If anyone knows of such a critter I would sure like to get my hands on it. I have such a thing (based on xlock), and I'll put it on expo when I'm sure it works. Bill -- -- Bill Janssen janssen.pa@xerox.com (415) 494-4763 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304