slock

simple X display locker utility

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Hiltjo Posthuma a7afade170 clear passwords with explicit_bzero Make sure to explicitly clear memory that is used for password input. memset is often optimized out by the compiler. Brought to attention by the OpenBSD community, see: https://marc.info/?t=146989502600003&r=1&w=2 Thread subject: x11/slock: clear passwords with explicit_bzero Changes: - explicit_bzero.c import from libressl-portable. - Makefile: add COMPATSRC for compatibility src. - config.mk: add separate *BSD section in config.mk to simply uncomment it on these platforms.		2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
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README

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


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


Installation
------------
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.