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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Security hole (or feature ;) in KDE Screensavers
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-10-16 18:50:49
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On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 08:24:56PM +0200, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Markus Goetz wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > when i use a screen saver to protect my computer while i am away, anybody who
> > wants to acess my computer needs the password.
> > 
> > But this is really NO PROTECTION ... if i do a startx from tty1, my X11 is on
> > tty7 .. The one who wants acess to my account when i am away from my desktop
> > does just have to press CTRL+ALT+F1, then he gets to the X11 Output where i
> > used startx to start X11... so now he just has to press CTRL+C to kill X11 and
> > has acess to my account and may type rm -rf $HOME ...

You should use kdm instead of startx, to prevent this.

> > So why the hell is there a password protection in the kde screen savers if it
> > is useless ???
> 
> The protection does what it is supposed to do: It protects your X display.
> 
> Everything else should not be called X-Screensaver IMHO ;-)
> 
> Bye,
>  Simon
> 

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