Bit of a red herring, actually. If I can walk up to your system, it won't matter whether I can hit Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to get into your account or not. If I have physical access to your box, I own it. Period.
Ric > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:51 PM > To: Gentoo-User > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 20:24, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Found this issue and tried it twice tonight on two different > > > machines. > > > > > > With xscreensaver locked and waiting for your password, I walk up > and > > > hit Alt-Ctrl-Backspace. It kills X and drops me into the console as > you. > > > At this point I have your account. > > > > > > I guess this is an XFree issue? Is there a way to configure XFree > to > > > not do this? Or is this an xscreensaver issue. Should it trap the key > > > sequence and do nothing? > > > > > > Is this a known bug? It seems quite dangerous to me. > > > > From 'man XF86Config': > > > > Option "DontZap" "boolean" > > This disallows the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace sequence. That > sequence is normally > > used to terminate the X server. When this option is enabled, that > key sequence has no > > special meaning and is passed to clients. Default: off. > > OK, so that seems to work. Thanks. > > Personally I think that this option should be on by default, but at > least now I know. > > Thanks, > Mark > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
