Alexandre Ratchov (2015-03-09 11:30 +0100):
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 10:25:28AM +0100, Alex Greif wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am currently trying to find a solution to lock my desktop system (openbsd
> > 5.6, amd64), but with the following steps I can always bypass xlock or
> > slock:
> > 
> > - run X session with startx
> > - lock it with xlock or slock
> > - switch to text console 2 (with [CTRL]+[ALT]+[F2])
> > - switch to text console 1, where X server seems to run in foreground. The
> > last message is (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients fro VT switch
> > ... now the problem begins...
> > - CTRL-C a few times
> > - xinit is killed
> > - you are in the login shell of the user who locked the screen ... arrgh
> > 
> > Is there a security advice how to prevent killing the X session by switching
> > the text console and killing xinit?
> 
> starting X with "exec startx" prevents ^C from returning to the
> shell

Another solution: startx & lock -np

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