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From: wsinpdb@eutws1.win.tue.nl (Paul de Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Locking Virtual Terminals
Keywords: Lock
Message-ID: <1488@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl>
Date: 13 Feb 90 09:27:25 GMT
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Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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In article <8030@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> gkm@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (gary.k.mc nees,ho,) writes:
>I have a locking program which will lock any particular virtual terminal.
>However, all one has to do to get in is to key to another vt which is not
>locked.  Its too much to lock all of them. Does anyone know how to securly
>lock the PC when the vtlmgr is running?  Is there a way to keep the ALT
>key from being recognized? Any ideas? Has anyone written a program to lock
>one terminal when one has several terminals running and prevent access to
>other terminals?

The key to the solution is in kd(7).
One can set the vt-mode so the switching between vt's is disabled.
Try something like:
    vtmode.mode = VT_PROCESS;
    vtmode.waitv = 1;
    vtmode.relsig = SIGUSR1;
    vtmode.acqsig = SIGUSR1;
    vtmode.frsig = SIGUSR2;
    if (ioctl(egafd, VT_SETMODE, &vtmode) < 0)
      fprintf(stderr,"Warning, cannot set VT mode\n");
    signal(SIGUSR1, donothing);
    ...

Paul.
(debra@research.att.com)