desktop lock action

[Matthew Boyer]

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.

[James R. Ferguson]

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...

[Matthew Boyer]

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.

[Wodisch]

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

[Alex Glennie · Accepted solution]

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

[boley janowski]

right on Alex,

/usr/dt/bin/dtaction LockDisplay

[Matthew Boyer]

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.