how to lock computer in Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0

[birsa munda]

hai everyone!

Can anybody tell how to lock computer in RHEL 5.0

thx in adv.

with regards
birsa

[cannonac]

I'm assuming that you are not looged in as root and are logged in to the GUI?

In the 'Actions' menu item (going from memory here) there is an option to lock the screen (under Gnome). Click on that and the screen will be locked.

In KDE, I think there is a similar option, it may be under the logout screen.

If you are running as root, you can't lock the screen.

Andy

[birsa munda]

hi cannonac

thanks for the information, but is it possible to lock computer if we are logged in as a root user.

thx

[geniushasan]

well what you can do is
create an empty file
/etc/nologin
it remains til the next reboot/shutdown is performed.

[vinaynraj]

hi can u give me the steps to lock the desktop...

[vinaynraj]

I'm assuming that you are not looged in as root and are logged in to the GUI?

In the 'Actions' menu item (going from memory here) there is an option to lock the screen (under Gnome). Click on that and the screen will be locked.

In KDE, I think there is a similar option, it may be under the logout screen.

If you are running as root, you can't lock the screen.

Andy

can u tell me the steps to lock the desktop..