Bug 15663

Summary: patch for lock (1) adding capability to lock all ttys
Product: Base System Reporter: acid <acid>
Component: binAssignee: yokota <yokota>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 3.4-STABLE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description acid 1999-12-24 11:10:01 UTC 
		lock (1) is unable to lock all ttys like Linux's vlock.
		This patch adds this capability to lock (1)
Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn 1999-12-28 15:40:39 UTC 
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999 12:59:56 +0200, acid@stu.cn.ua wrote:

>   .Bl -tag -width Fl
> + .It Fl a
> + Lock all ttys. To use this feature, you must be root or
> + .Nm lock
> + must be installed setuid to root.

What I'd _really_ like to see as the lock_all feature with slightly
different (and more useful) semantics:

-a	Lock all terminals for which the user has appropriate
	permissions.  For the superuser, this means all terminals.

I see no reason to allow a single user to lock all the terminals
(including psuedo-terminals, no?) but I _do_ see a reason to allow a
single user to lock all the terminals which that user owns.

Wotcha think?

Ciao,
Sheldon.
Comment 2 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1999-12-29 08:39:45 UTC 
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From-To: freebsd-bugs->yokota

Perhaps the syscons maintainer has already thought about this? 
Any comments? :-)
Comment 3 Tim Robbins freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-03-25 11:49:36 UTC 
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From-To: open->closed

This feature was recented implemented as the -v option.