From kde-core-devel  Tue Oct 11 19:13:36 2011
From: Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gr=E4=DFlin?= <mgraesslin () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:13:36 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Re: Security Audit Request for Screenlocker Branch
Message-Id: <1890802.rDCHFPkn8A () martin-desktop>
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On Tuesday 11 October 2011 21:06:13 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 October 2011, Martin Gr=C3=A4=C3=9Flin wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 October 2011 16:06:11 Andras Mantia wrote:
> > > From here:
> > > "If KWin crashes without restarting privacy is leaked but the sys=
tem is
> > > hardly useable due to missing window manager. This situation can =
savely
> > > be ignored as a corner case as KWin normaly restart."
> > >=20
> > > This is not true, the system can be used without a window manager=
 and if
> > > you happen to have a running terminal or start one, it is possibl=
e to
> > > start a new window manager (which might not be kwin) and access
> > > everything.
> >=20
> > yes if you have a terminal open and if it is the top most of stacki=
ng
> > order
> > it is possible to start another window manager. If that is not the =
case
> > you are not able to start anything as KRunner or kickoff cannot be =
opened.
>=20
> You can also switch to a text-mode console (Ctrl+F1 etc), set DISPLAY=
, and
> start the window manager there.
Yes but you have to login to be able to do that and goint to a tty kill=
ing=20
kwin, removing the lock file and starting kwin again is certainly a val=
id way=20
to end the screen locker. That's the same as currently going to the tty=
 and=20
killing kscreenlocker.

Cheers
Martin
>=20
> Alex

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