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Article #363Re: Locking terminals (was Re: New Princeton Policy)
From: Thomas Sippel - Dau
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:17
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:17
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In article <1992Sep14.141307.24798@wam.umd.edu>, ignatz@wam.umd.edu (Mark J. Sienkiewicz) writes: - - Nobody I know reboots terminals - I assume this means "computer" :) - Hmm, yes, we do. Rebooting an X-terminal means reloading the X-server software from the boot server, which on some you can also change at this stage, not all allow it ... - Normally, you walk up to the machine and see an X based login. Suppose - you see xlock instead. You type CTRL-SHIFT-BREAK and the X server dies. - After a few seconds, its back with a new login screen. Maybe we can get a useful list going: Architecture Keypress What is restarted =============================================================================== DEC 5000 DEC VT2000 DG Aviion IBM-RS/6000 ctrl-alt-backspace IBMs X-server in current hft HP-snakes ctrl-shift-break X-server (which: HPs, X-distributed ...?) NCD-Xterminal setup Xserver-parameters restart-session (1 key, 2 buttons) SGI-iris ctrl-shift-f12-kp/ graphics hardware and programs SUN -- *** This is the operative statement, all previous statements are inoperative. * email: cmaae47 @ cc.ic.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau) (uk.ac.ic.cc on Janet) * voice: +44 71 589 5111 x4937 or 4934 (day), or +44 71 823 9497 (fax) * snail: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine * The Center for Computing Services, Kensington SW7 2BX, Great Britain
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!doc.ic.ac.uk!cc.ic.ac.uk!carrion.cc.ic.ac.uk!vulture From: vulture@carrion.cc.ic.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Re: Locking terminals (was Re: New Princeton Policy) Message-ID: <1992Sep15.191723.13452@cc.ic.ac.uk> Date: 15 Sep 92 18:17:22 GMT References: <68006@hydra.gatech.EDU> <CKD.92Sep11153929@loiosh.eff.org> <rik.716283238@nella13.cc.monash.edu.au> <1992Sep14.141307.24798@wam.umd.edu> Reply-To: cmaae47@cc.ic.ac.uk Organization: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: cscgc