tlock-v1.4
Hello all,
I am pleased to realese this version(1.4) of tlock.
tlcok(or terminal lock) is simple console based application
to lock the terminal with password string provided by user,
or with her login password, as needed. The password is kept
in memory encrypted using crypt(3). tlock is realesed under
version 2(or at your option any later) of GPL, so you are
free to fiddle with it as per your needs, as long as you
comply with the GPL.
Installation:
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To install tlock, go to the directory containing source
of tlock, and follow these steps as root user...
prompt>$ ./configure
prompt>$ make
prompt># make install
for more information about usage and general options pro-
vided by tlock refere the manual page of tlock or...
prompt>$ tlock --help
prompt>$ man tlock
About librpass (-lrpass):
=========================
librpass, is a static library installed with tlock, it
provides a function readpass(). readpass, reads in password
string from standard input of process and returns it back,
AS IS, to the calling application. While fetching password
from standard input, readpass first turns off echo of input
characters, and generation of signal(s) through keystrokes,
reads in the password, again turns on the character echo and
signal generation, and returns a character pointer pointing
at password string to the calling application. To use libr-
pass in your application, you need to include header <read-
pass.h>, and link it with your application using â-lrpassâ
switch. for more information about usage of readpass, see
manual page of readpass(3).
Problems:
=========
If you encounter any problems while installing tlock,
or find any bugs in working of tlock; please send an email
to <pj.pandit@yahoo.co.in> mentioning about the problem/bug,
and while doing so please include âtlock-<version>â string
in the subject line.
Thank you!
