Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?



On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:27:56PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote:
I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window
manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if
(2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver.

I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish.

Do you mean that you want a key on a keyboard to run a command even if
nobody is logged in? Under what user do you want such commands to run?
It sounds like a security hole of some dimension to me.

Doug.


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