On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Derek Balling wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Lane J. Bryson wrote:
>
> > First, when any user uses xlock, entering the root password at the
> > prompt will stop xlock, returning to the user's screen. Is this
> > intended as a backdoor-type feature?
>
> Yes, so that the administrator could walk through a lab, and be able to
> unlock any terminal that was locked by a mere mortal. :)
Ugh - particularly in a lab this is really asking for a trojan! A much
better way of doing this is to get a VC, log in as root and then kill
the Xlock process. The same can be done across the network if
needed...
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