FreeBSD is too much a a headache for me...

[protocelt]

If you run X via startx, someone who walks up to your desk and manages to kill your X session or switch to virtual terminals gets a shell with your account logged in. Starting X via XDM (or whatever login manager you prefer) prevents this.

You could also instead use security/vlock as another option.

 

[fnoyanisi]

x11/slim is yet another login manager you may want to use.

You might have already checked it, but FreeBSD Handbook is most of the times the only thing you would need to get your system up and running.

 

[Crivens]

OK, OK, the problem was related to the network connection.

Hmm, let's say I have a fiver here saying that at least one of your admins has been reading this thread? Any takers?

 

[UnixRocks]

If you run X via startx, someone who walks up to your desk and manages to kill your X session or switch to virtual terminals gets a shell with your account logged in.

I do not like *DM login screens. I use startxfce4 && exit. No shell when X exits.

Added later: Correction, I use startxfce4;exit. I used to use the && but realized that only works if X exits cleanly.

 

[yukiteruamano]

jrm, nobody in my house uses FreeBSD or Linux, nobody know work in a terminal, they love Windows. In my work, I use a DM.

 

[Crivens]

I do not like *DM login screens. I use startxfce4 && exit. No shell when X exits.

Added later: Correction, I use startxfce4;exit. I used to use the && but realized that only works if X exits cleanly.

How about going to the VT and use Ctrl-Z? Bingo, there is your shell. And I can even put it back in place when I'm done with my evil.

 

[tobik@]

Better use startxfce4 & ; exit which exits the shell immediately.

 

[Maxnix]

UnixRocks,

I do not like *DM login screens. I use startxfce4 && exit. No shell when X exits.

Added later: Correction, I use startxfce4;exit. I used to use the && but realized that only works if X exits cleanly.

That's because "&&" stands for the boolean AND operator. Instead ";" acts like a "separator" of commands, regardless of the previous exit status.

tobik,

Better use startxfce4 & ; exit which exits the shell immediately.

shouldn't him use [B]nohup[/B] startxfce4 & ; exit instead? If I try doing a thing like that without nohup my shell complains about "still running" jobs.

 

[tobik@]

shouldn't him use [B]nohup[/B] startxfce4 & ; exit instead? If I try doing a thing like that without nohup my shell complains about "still running" jobs.

This probably depends on you shell. I only tried it with csh(1).

 

[UnixRocks]

How about going to the VT and use Ctrl-Z? Bingo, there is your shell. And I can even put it back in place when I'm done with my evil.

Ah! Good point. I reckon I will be incorporating some of these other good ideas as to how better to handle that. Looks like some experimentation is in order.

 

[Beast13]

From what I have read, I can hardly believe it

LOL !

 

[Deleted member 9563]

nobody in my house uses FreeBSD or Linux, nobody know work in a terminal, they love Windows. In my work, I use a DM.

Too bad.