ALOCK(1) ======== Mathias Gumz v0.5, ?? May 2005 NAME ---- alock - locks the local X display until a password is entered. SYNOPSIS -------- 'alock' [-h] [-v] [-bg type:opts] [-cursor type:opts] [-auth type:opts] DESCRIPTION ----------- alock locks the X server till the user enters a password at the keyboard. If the authentification was successful the X server is unlocked and the user can continue to work. alock does not provide fancy animations like 'xlock' and 'xscreensaver' and never will. Its just for locking the current X session. OPTIONS ------- -h :: Print a short help -v :: Print the version number -auth type:options :: Define the type of the authentification, depends strongly on how alock was built: - list - Displays a list of available types - passwd - Tries to authentificate against the users system-password. On systems using 'shadow' alock needs the suid-flag set. - pam - Tries to authentificate against the users system-password using the 'pam-login'-module. - md5:hash - alock creates a md5-hash from the entered unlockpassword and compares it with the hash provided as option - sha1:hash - alock creates a sha1-hash from the entered unlockpassword and compares it with the hash provided as option - none - Every 'password' is valid -bg type:options :: Define the type of alock should handle the background: - list - Displays a list of available types - none - You can see everything like it is - blank:color - Fill the background with color - image:name,center,scale,tile,color= - Use the image and puts it as the background. -cursor type:options :: Define the look-a-like of the cursor/mouse pointer: - list - Displays a list of available types - theme:name,bg=,fg= - Use the given internal cursor, if name == "list" it lists the available themes - font:name,bg=,fg= - Use the given glyph of the "cursor"-font, if name == "list" it lists the available glyphnames - xcursor:file - Use the given cursorfile in xcursor-format - none - no change to the current cursor AUTHOR ------ Written by Mathias Gumz RESOURCES --------- Web site: http://darkshed.net COPYING ------- Copyright (C) 2005 Mathias Gumz. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).