Re: locking idle text consoles

Chris Sibbitt wrote:

>>I wonder if it's possible to lock out idle text consoles. The intended
>>behaviour would be the same as a screensaver's in X Windows environment.
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> Sure. If you use "screen" you can lock a screenset with ^Ax
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> If you don't use screen, I highly recommend it.
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>   -=Chris
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screen is a very nice tool, but not useful for original problem.
the idea was to _automatically_ lock  consoles when not in use for a 
specified time interval (_not_ forcing the users to press a key). in 
other words, something similar to TMOUT but which would NOT logout 
users, just lock the console.