Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!udel!princeton!phoenix!subbarao From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Saligrama Subbarao) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: A real hack way to "lock my tty" Message-ID: <2889@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 27 Sep 90 23:32:10 GMT References: <2863@litchi.bbn.com> <2874@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Lines: 31 In article <2874@idunno.Princeton.EDU> pfalstad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul John Falstad) writes: >In article <2863@litchi.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: >>This only works in C-shell derivatives. Type "goto " and >>then enough blank lines to clear the screen. >> >>When you come back, type ":" and RETURN. > >I hope someone tries that at my site so I can type control-D and then >poke around in his account until he comes back to his terminal. > >>As an interesting exercise, type the following lines >> foo: >> csh >> exit >> goto foo > >Interesting. You can break out of it with kill -STOP $$. Or a simple control - D followed by a control - C... -Kartik (I need a new .signature -- any suggestions?) subbarao@{phoenix or gauguin}.Princeton.EDU -|Internet kartik@silvertone.Princeton.EDU (NeXT mail) -| SUBBARAO@PUCC.BITNET - Bitnet