xtrlock-pam

xtrlock with PAM authentication that also hides all windows

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xtrlock-pam

xtrlock is PAM based X11 screen locker that hides all windows

Features

  • PAM based
    • use any PAM module you like
    • run by regular user, no root setuid is ever required
  • Background actions
    • blank blank the screen, hide desktop content
    • none do not hide anything, as former xtrlock did
    • bg hide windows, show just root window background. This work if a root window has one.

Usage

Default behaviour

xtrlock_pam
xtrlock_pam -p system-local-login -b blank

Another run

xtrlock_pam -p login -b none

Try this!

xtrlock_pam -b bg

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