Re: Disable Alt + Ctrl + Backspace selectively

From: Juergen Heinzl (juergen_at_monocerus.manannan.org)
Date: 01/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:16:18 +0000 (UTC)

In article <40132A30.395AB943@daimi.au.dk>, Kasper Dupont wrote:
> Juergen Heinzl wrote:
>>
>> In article <ed455a08.0401231245.56b475bf@posting.google.com>, Xin Li wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I would like to configure my system some how so that when non root
>> > users logon, the system disables Alt + Ctrl + Backspace from killing
>> > X. But when root is logged on, ALt + Ctrl + Backspace should work as
>> > usual. I know a DontZap entry in Xconfig will disable it for
>> > everyone. But this needs to be a bit more selective. So it seems
>> > like I have to write some kind of a program that will look at key
>> > strokes and filter out Alt + Ctrl + Backspace combinations.
>> [-]
>> Here's my entry ...
>> ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -F -t0 -r now
>> ...
>>
>> Of course you don't want to run shutdown here but instead you'd
>> need to read /var/run/utmp to see whether root's logged in (see
>> utmp(5) for more) and the process id of the X server can be
>> found in /tmp/.X0-lock.
>>
>> Mind though all that isn't going to handle the case of someone
>> having done a su -.
>
> I don't see any connection between the question and the
> answer. The question was about Ctrl + Alt + Backspace.
[-]
Neither do I -- blame it to me having been up for way too long
that night 8 -

Never mind,
Juergen 

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