On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 13:16 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 03/10/2014 07:29 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 10:38:35AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > /snip/ > > Actually, SysRq+K is the Secure Attention Key (SAK). It is the > > equivalent of Ctrl+Alt+Del in Windows. Basically, the intention is > > that, if you walk up to a computer you have access to, but don't > > necessarily trust, you press this key combo before logging in. You are > > then taken to a secure state where it's safe to enter your credentials > > - that is, you're not looking at some application that's pretending to > > be a login window (a trojan), you are actually at a login window. On > > Windows, this is achieved by switching to the Winlogon component. In > > DOS, this was achieved by forcing a reboot. In Linux, this is achieved > > by killing every application on the TTY (init will then typically > > spawn a new getty for you). > > This might work in Debian, but it doesn't work in PCLOS KDE 64-bit. So > it's not universal to Linux.
SysRq+K causes nothing for my Arch Linux, I will test it later for Debian Linux. Ctrl-Alt-Shift-PrtSc-k does cause nothing for my Arch Linux, I will test it later, when running my Debian install. JFTR, I'm a musician and have some abilities using my fingers, most people perhaps don't have. Ctrl-Alt-Shift-PrtSc-k perhaps isn't a good short cut. For me it's easy to do this using my fingers, I suspect that less trained fingers doesn't like to do such a monstrosity, but it's hard for me, quasi impossible, to remember such a "short cut". Is this "short cut" for people with an eidetic memory + trained finger dexterity? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394473608.7776.196.camel@archlinux
