topic Re: desktop lock action in Operating System - HP-UX

desktop lock action

Matthew Boyer — Wed, 06 Jun 2001 17:06:55 GMT

i'm trying to find the path for the desktop lock icon on the HP-UX 10.20 so we can run a command line and invoke it. anybody familiar with this action, or anyone know how to find the pathname of the actions behind the desktop icons? i appreciate any help, thanks.

Re: desktop lock action

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 06 Jun 2001 17:14:05 GMT

Hi Matthew:

From the man pages for 'lock':

'lock' requests a password from the user, then prints LOCKED on the terminal and refuses to relinquish the terminal until the password is
repeated. If the user forgets the password, the only recourse is to log in elsewhere and kill the lock process.

...JRF...

Re: desktop lock action

Matthew Boyer — Wed, 06 Jun 2001 17:33:23 GMT

yeah, i came across that information for the lock man pages too. but unfortunately that only locks the terminal window. i'm trying to find the command that brings up the gui lock that wont let you back into the system w/o the user's password. this lock can be invoked by clicking the lock icon above the speaker icon on the desktop bar. so i'm still searching for the full screen gui lockout command. thx though, i appreciate it.

Re: desktop lock action

Wodisch — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 07:45:28 GMT

Hello Matthew,
"lock" is only for terminal windows, but you
are looking for the action of your window
manager "dtwm". Hence read the man page for
"dtwm" and the config file "sys.dtwmrc". In
there you can "bind" that action to mouse a
click, or a combination of key-presses, and
you may send an "Xevent" to your display to
activate it (this needs C programming).

HTH,
Wodisch

Re: desktop lock action

Alex Glennie — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 08:21:39 GMT

# dtaction LockDisplay works for me ! give it a go ........

Re: desktop lock action

boley janowski — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:42:12 GMT

right on Alex,

/usr/dt/bin/dtaction LockDisplay

Re: desktop lock action

Matthew Boyer — Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:27:45 GMT

thx guys! it worked. i'm very grateful. i'm new to the HPUX systems so i have to ask lots of questions about stuff that's probably easy, but at work i'm expected to be a wiz at it, go figure. anyways, thanks again, big relief.