Matthias Kilian wrote:
> Indeed, very secure. If I've physical access to your laptop, all I
> need is a screwdriver to open it, pull out the disk and connect it
> to another machine.
not *completely* related, but I have the following alias that I use
to start X from the console:
alias startx='/usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > \
~/.startx.log 2>&1 & vlock -a'
it's pretty obvious what this does, but it basically starts up
the SSH agent, starts X, and locks the TTY. most of the time you
can see the TTY lock before X ever starts.
I do this because I came to the realization a long time ago that
by not starting X via xdm (gdm, kdm, whatever) one could kill X
and get to your console by a simple Ctrl-Alt-Backspace...even with
the screensaver locked.
later.
ryanc
