Re: locking idle text consoles

I think this is what you're looking for, altho it requires the use of
zsh (not necessarily a bad thing).

http://overtone.org/articles/zshrc.php

Interestingly, the code that does the work is:

# Automatically lock the terminal the terminal after 10 minutes of inactivity
# if we can find vlock, and if the terminal's not an xterm.
if [ -x /usr/local/bin/vlock ]; then
   case $TERM in
       xterm*)
           ;;
       *)
           TMOUT=600

           TRAPALRM () {
               clear
               echo Inactivity timeout on $TTY
               echo
               STTY=sane vlock -c
               echo
               echo Terminal unlocked. [ Press Enter ]
           }
           ;;
    esac
fi

Which at first glance looks to be bash-compatible.

:)

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:28:00 +0200, lonely wolf
<wolfy@nobugconsulting.ro> wrote:
> Chris Sibbitt wrote:
>
> > > I wonder if it's possible to lock out idle text consoles. The intended
> > > behaviour would be the same as a screensaver's in X Windows environment.
> >
> > Sure. If you use "screen" you can lock a screenset with ^Ax
> >
> > If you don't use screen, I highly recommend it.
> >
> >   -=Chris
>
> screen is a very nice tool, but not useful for original problem.
> the idea was to _automatically_ lock  consoles when not in use for a
> specified time interval (_not_ forcing the users to press a key). in
> other words, something similar to TMOUT but which would NOT logout
> users, just lock the console.


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