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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Security hole (or feature ;) in KDE Screensavers
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-10-17 11:50:04
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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 ...
> 
> So why the hell is there a password protection in the kde screen savers if it
> is useless ???
> 
Because you're not meant to login this way - you're meant to start kdm
as root to be safe.

Greetings, Stephan

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