Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!friedl
From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Terminal locks (was Autologout of unused terminals)
Summary: Terminal locking...
Message-ID: <971@vsi.COM>
Date: 18 Dec 88 06:05:20 GMT
References: <201.nlunix6@orcenl.uucp> <8978@smoke.BRL.MIL> <2682@sultra.UUCP> <2292@cuuxb.ATT.COM>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <2292@cuuxb.ATT.COM>, dlm@cuuxb.ATT.COM (Dennis L. Mumaugh) writes:
> Moral: terminal locking programs are NEVER [what never? no!
> never!] secure.

No kidding.  The 4.1BSD [I think] `lock' had a hardcoded magic
unlock password ("hasta la vista"), and ^Z would stop it as
well.

     Steve

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