Re: vlock command

Alexey Gladkov
2012-11-14T11:13:10Z

14.11.2012 14:35, Karel Zak wrote:
>
> vlock(1) - Virtual Console lock program
>
> This nice and small program used by admins on machines with consoles
> only. Unfortunately it has inactive upstream(s).
>
> The original upstream for vlock-1.3 at
>
> ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/
>
> is inactive for years. There is also new upstream at
>
> http://freecode.com/projects/vlock
> http://repo.or.cz/w/vlock.git
>
> but this also seems inactive and from my point of view vlock-2.x is
> over-engineering rhapsody (glib, plug-ins, dependences resolver,
> external scripts etc.)
>
> What about to merge vlock-1.3 into utils-linux? It's 630 lines of code
> (including unnecessary non-PAM code).
>
> Comments & Objections?
>

We have another version of vlock, which is being supported by Dmitry
V. Levin.

http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/vlock.git

Some time ago, I have merged this version in kbd project:

http://git.altlinux.org/people/legion/packages/kbd.git?p=kbd.git;a=tree;f=src/vlock;h=92419b98175d215a71f83bfb06b409daa97b13c4;hb=768b8c314e1d3c465d895b206da4aa4543914d1d

I have a collection of utilities for manipulation in console (openvt,
chvt, deallocvt ...) I consider logical to have the utility for
terminal blocking.

What do you think ?

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Rgrds, legion