Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: suspended X -> dead console | Date | Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:51:32 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > 2. switch back to text console from which startx was executed > > 3. ^Z (X suspends) > > 4. Alt-F7 (to the console where X lives) > > > > console is dead at this point (2.2.11). > > Well yes, it would be. > > > kill -CONT over net helped it. > > > Yes. > > > Would something like this patch be useful? (completely untested yet) > > No. If the user's dumb enough to do it, they deserve all they get. > IMHO, of course.
s/User/deliberate troublemaker/
All of a sudden its not a dumb error (and to a non unix guy its not dumb at all anyway) but a security issue.
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