slock

simple X display locker utility

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Quentin Rameau c2f975773d Exit as soon as possible on input grabbing error We want to know at once if slock failed or not to lock the screen, not seing a black screen for a whole second (or two) and then die. Thanks to ^7heo for reporting this.		2016-08-30 19:54:26 +02:00
LICENSE	Update license year	2016-02-11 16:30:52 +01:00
Makefile	clear passwords with explicit_bzero	2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
README	removed useless chars, prepared release	2008-07-29 19:08:18 +01:00
arg.h	Refactor main()	2016-08-22 23:22:20 +02:00
config.def.h	Clarify config.def.h	2016-02-14 01:33:18 +01:00
config.mk	clear passwords with explicit_bzero	2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
explicit_bzero.c	clear passwords with explicit_bzero	2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
slock.1	Revert "No need for usage()"	2016-02-15 14:25:17 +01:00
slock.c	Exit as soon as possible on input grabbing error	2016-08-30 19:54:26 +02:00
util.h	clear passwords with explicit_bzero	2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00

README

slock - simple screen locker
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simple screen locker utility for X. 


Requirements
------------
In order to build slock you need the Xlib header files.


Installation
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Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slock is installed into
the /usr/local namespace by default).

Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slock
(if necessary as root):

    make clean install


Running slock
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Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password.