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How to prevent cleaner from hanging my lock screen in Ubuntu 16.04
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In my workplace I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with unity, standard installation. When I leave my office I lock my screen (ctrl+alt+l). During the evening, the office is cleaned. A few times, I've got back to work in the morning and my headphones are on my keyboard. My lock screen is hung, I can't clear password field, can't type anything, and can't use any other controls on lock screen (reboot, turn off button etc.). The mouse is working but clicking does nothing. Probably this is because the password field took huge input overnight and broke everything else. The cleaner "hacked" my computer :)
How can I prevent this? Can I somehow limit how many characters can be passed to the password input? Can I block the lock screen until I use some key combination to enable password input? Something similar to ctrl+alt+del in Windows before I can input password to lock screen?
//EDIT
As @bytecommander wrote there was a bug for this and it is supposed to be fixed but somehow this does not work on my machine https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
$ apt policy unity-greeter
unity-greeter:
Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
// EDIT 2
Someone wrote that lock screen is not unity greeter package. Anyone can confirm this and tell me what package is this?
16.04 unity lock-screen
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In my workplace I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with unity, standard installation. When I leave my office I lock my screen (ctrl+alt+l). During the evening, the office is cleaned. A few times, I've got back to work in the morning and my headphones are on my keyboard. My lock screen is hung, I can't clear password field, can't type anything, and can't use any other controls on lock screen (reboot, turn off button etc.). The mouse is working but clicking does nothing. Probably this is because the password field took huge input overnight and broke everything else. The cleaner "hacked" my computer :)
How can I prevent this? Can I somehow limit how many characters can be passed to the password input? Can I block the lock screen until I use some key combination to enable password input? Something similar to ctrl+alt+del in Windows before I can input password to lock screen?
//EDIT
As @bytecommander wrote there was a bug for this and it is supposed to be fixed but somehow this does not work on my machine https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
$ apt policy unity-greeter
unity-greeter:
Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
// EDIT 2
Someone wrote that lock screen is not unity greeter package. Anyone can confirm this and tell me what package is this?
16.04 unity lock-screen
asked yesterday
piotrekkrpiotrekkr
2931412
7
Power it down, take it home with you, unplug the keyboard if it's not a laptop, tell hr, AFAIR there's not much you can do security wise once someone physically gets a hold of your machine
– j-money
yesterday
5
@j-money I don't think the lady attempts to hack the machine but rather think she just thoroughly cleans the keyboard thereby pressing all the keys. A dust cover and/or this note might help.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
1
@PerlDuck maybe that's what she wants you to think!! (couldn't resist)
– j-money
yesterday
6
Unplug the keyboard :)
– Sauce
yesterday
2
Why not just put the headphones in a drawer before going home? Or hang them over the monitor?
– Mawg
yesterday
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In my workplace I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with unity, standard installation. When I leave my office I lock my screen (ctrl+alt+l). During the evening, the office is cleaned. A few times, I've got back to work in the morning and my headphones are on my keyboard. My lock screen is hung, I can't clear password field, can't type anything, and can't use any other controls on lock screen (reboot, turn off button etc.). The mouse is working but clicking does nothing. Probably this is because the password field took huge input overnight and broke everything else. The cleaner "hacked" my computer :)
How can I prevent this? Can I somehow limit how many characters can be passed to the password input? Can I block the lock screen until I use some key combination to enable password input? Something similar to ctrl+alt+del in Windows before I can input password to lock screen?
//EDIT
As @bytecommander wrote there was a bug for this and it is supposed to be fixed but somehow this does not work on my machine https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
$ apt policy unity-greeter
unity-greeter:
Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
// EDIT 2
Someone wrote that lock screen is not unity greeter package. Anyone can confirm this and tell me what package is this?
16.04 unity lock-screen
asked yesterday
piotrekkrpiotrekkr
2931412
In my workplace I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with unity, standard installation. When I leave my office I lock my screen (ctrl+alt+l). During the evening, the office is cleaned. A few times, I've got back to work in the morning and my headphones are on my keyboard. My lock screen is hung, I can't clear password field, can't type anything, and can't use any other controls on lock screen (reboot, turn off button etc.). The mouse is working but clicking does nothing. Probably this is because the password field took huge input overnight and broke everything else. The cleaner "hacked" my computer :)
How can I prevent this? Can I somehow limit how many characters can be passed to the password input? Can I block the lock screen until I use some key combination to enable password input? Something similar to ctrl+alt+del in Windows before I can input password to lock screen?
//EDIT
As @bytecommander wrote there was a bug for this and it is supposed to be fixed but somehow this does not work on my machine https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
$ apt policy unity-greeter
unity-greeter:
Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500
500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
// EDIT 2
Someone wrote that lock screen is not unity greeter package. Anyone can confirm this and tell me what package is this?
16.04 unity lock-screen
16.04 unity lock-screen
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Power it down, take it home with you, unplug the keyboard if it's not a laptop, tell hr, AFAIR there's not much you can do security wise once someone physically gets a hold of your machine
– j-money
yesterday
5
@j-money I don't think the lady attempts to hack the machine but rather think she just thoroughly cleans the keyboard thereby pressing all the keys. A dust cover and/or this note might help.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
1
@PerlDuck maybe that's what she wants you to think!! (couldn't resist)
– j-money
yesterday
6
Unplug the keyboard :)
– Sauce
yesterday
2
Why not just put the headphones in a drawer before going home? Or hang them over the monitor?
– Mawg
yesterday
|
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7
Power it down, take it home with you, unplug the keyboard if it's not a laptop, tell hr, AFAIR there's not much you can do security wise once someone physically gets a hold of your machine
– j-money
yesterday
5
@j-money I don't think the lady attempts to hack the machine but rather think she just thoroughly cleans the keyboard thereby pressing all the keys. A dust cover and/or this note might help.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
1
@PerlDuck maybe that's what she wants you to think!! (couldn't resist)
– j-money
yesterday
6
Unplug the keyboard :)
– Sauce
yesterday
2
Why not just put the headphones in a drawer before going home? Or hang them over the monitor?
– Mawg
yesterday
7
7
Power it down, take it home with you, unplug the keyboard if it's not a laptop, tell hr, AFAIR there's not much you can do security wise once someone physically gets a hold of your machine
– j-money
yesterday
Power it down, take it home with you, unplug the keyboard if it's not a laptop, tell hr, AFAIR there's not much you can do security wise once someone physically gets a hold of your machine
– j-money
yesterday
5
5
@j-money I don't think the lady attempts to hack the machine but rather think she just thoroughly cleans the keyboard thereby pressing all the keys. A dust cover and/or this note might help.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
@j-money I don't think the lady attempts to hack the machine but rather think she just thoroughly cleans the keyboard thereby pressing all the keys. A dust cover and/or this note might help.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
1
1
@PerlDuck maybe that's what she wants you to think!! (couldn't resist)
– j-money
yesterday
@PerlDuck maybe that's what she wants you to think!! (couldn't resist)
– j-money
yesterday
6
6
Unplug the keyboard :)
– Sauce
yesterday
Unplug the keyboard :)
– Sauce
yesterday
2
2
Why not just put the headphones in a drawer before going home? Or hang them over the monitor?
– Mawg
yesterday
Why not just put the headphones in a drawer before going home? Or hang them over the monitor?
– Mawg
yesterday
|
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Seems like your cleaner has successfully managed to emulate a cat.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
There was a bug in unity-greeter in 14.04 and up to 16.04, which caused the lock screen to become unresponsive when there has been excessive keyboard input for some time (figuratively and literally a "cat on the keyboard").
It should be fixed since unity-greeter version 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 though by implementing a character limit. Please check your installed version with
apt policy unity-greeter
and make sure your system is fully updated with
sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade
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I have version with fix:apt policy unity-greeter unity-greeter: Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500and apparently it is not fixed...
– piotrekkr
yesterday
5
In that case I think you should (re)open a bug ticket :(
– Byte Commander
yesterday
@ByteCommander I wrote comment in this ticket but I can't find option to reopen it :/
– piotrekkr
yesterday
1
The lock screen in Unity is not the Unity Greeter, so any fix to the Unity Greeter package is not going to fix a problem in the Unity lock screen.
– Stephen M. Webb
yesterday
@StephenM.Webb so what is unity lock screen then? What package?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
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You can install xtrlock:
$ sudo apt-get install xtrlock
And made a combination for lock screen and lock keyboard, until you press the combination again. Make it hard and then the cleaning lady have a hard chance to hit and "hack" your computer.
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This looks like the answer (short of removing the headphones, of course)
– Mawg
yesterday
@Santi Will this automatically work when I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+l? I read a little about it and it seem to work same way as lock screen you type password and [enter] to unlock. Is it protected from headphones on keyboard or cats? :)
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr yep absolutely it works the same way, just bind both together, tell me how it's going
– Santi
yesterday
@Santi Ok. I'm wondering how should I combine them? If I use lock screen first then I'm locked and normal shortcut keys does not work. If I use onlyxtrlockthen I have locked keyboard and can't lock screen normally (ctrl+alt+l). Did you mean to use onlyxtrlock?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr Yes, using only xtrlock you can set a custom shortcut to execute both, I mean, the lockscreen and lock keyboard until you press again the combination. This is an example of how it works example of lock mouse and keyboard but not screen
– Santi
yesterday
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Another solution is to buy a wireless keyboard, then stash the keyboard in a drawer before leaving, or taking out the USB dongle.
Pros: no need to install any software or mess with settings.
Cons: cost a bit of money, requires extra action before leaving.
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Or a wired keyboard that you can just unplug at night. Plenty of decent keyboards have a USB jack at both ends so you can unplug the cable at the keyboard (rather than having to fish behind the back panel connectors).
– J...
yesterday
@J... oh, never seen a keyboard with USB jack on both ends, but yeah, guess in some places it might be available. Still, that would leave an orphan cord lying around at night. ;)
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
Well... sitting right next to the keyboard it should plug back into. A reasonable cable management strategy should make sure the plug can't move far from where it should be in use.
– J...
yesterday
@J... agreed, can be a better option indeed.
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J...: And many machines (I'm tempted to say any decent one these days) have USB jacks on the front, and in the monitor(s). But unless there's an actual need for remote access during the night, the sensible course is simply to to turn the machine off when you leave.
– jamesqf
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Seems like your cleaner has successfully managed to emulate a cat.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
There was a bug in unity-greeter in 14.04 and up to 16.04, which caused the lock screen to become unresponsive when there has been excessive keyboard input for some time (figuratively and literally a "cat on the keyboard").
It should be fixed since unity-greeter version 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 though by implementing a character limit. Please check your installed version with
apt policy unity-greeter
and make sure your system is fully updated with
sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade
answered yesterday
Byte CommanderByte Commander
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I have version with fix:apt policy unity-greeter unity-greeter: Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500and apparently it is not fixed...
– piotrekkr
yesterday
5
In that case I think you should (re)open a bug ticket :(
– Byte Commander
yesterday
@ByteCommander I wrote comment in this ticket but I can't find option to reopen it :/
– piotrekkr
yesterday
1
The lock screen in Unity is not the Unity Greeter, so any fix to the Unity Greeter package is not going to fix a problem in the Unity lock screen.
– Stephen M. Webb
yesterday
@StephenM.Webb so what is unity lock screen then? What package?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
|
show 3 more comments
Seems like your cleaner has successfully managed to emulate a cat.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
There was a bug in unity-greeter in 14.04 and up to 16.04, which caused the lock screen to become unresponsive when there has been excessive keyboard input for some time (figuratively and literally a "cat on the keyboard").
It should be fixed since unity-greeter version 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 though by implementing a character limit. Please check your installed version with
apt policy unity-greeter
and make sure your system is fully updated with
sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade
answered yesterday
Byte CommanderByte Commander
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I have version with fix:apt policy unity-greeter unity-greeter: Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500and apparently it is not fixed...
– piotrekkr
yesterday
5
In that case I think you should (re)open a bug ticket :(
– Byte Commander
yesterday
@ByteCommander I wrote comment in this ticket but I can't find option to reopen it :/
– piotrekkr
yesterday
1
The lock screen in Unity is not the Unity Greeter, so any fix to the Unity Greeter package is not going to fix a problem in the Unity lock screen.
– Stephen M. Webb
yesterday
@StephenM.Webb so what is unity lock screen then? What package?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
|
show 3 more comments
Seems like your cleaner has successfully managed to emulate a cat.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
There was a bug in unity-greeter in 14.04 and up to 16.04, which caused the lock screen to become unresponsive when there has been excessive keyboard input for some time (figuratively and literally a "cat on the keyboard").
It should be fixed since unity-greeter version 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 though by implementing a character limit. Please check your installed version with
apt policy unity-greeter
and make sure your system is fully updated with
sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade
answered yesterday
Byte CommanderByte Commander
65.5k27179302
Seems like your cleaner has successfully managed to emulate a cat.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615
There was a bug in unity-greeter in 14.04 and up to 16.04, which caused the lock screen to become unresponsive when there has been excessive keyboard input for some time (figuratively and literally a "cat on the keyboard").
It should be fixed since unity-greeter version 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 though by implementing a character limit. Please check your installed version with
apt policy unity-greeter
and make sure your system is fully updated with
sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade
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I have version with fix:apt policy unity-greeter unity-greeter: Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500and apparently it is not fixed...
– piotrekkr
yesterday
5
In that case I think you should (re)open a bug ticket :(
– Byte Commander
yesterday
@ByteCommander I wrote comment in this ticket but I can't find option to reopen it :/
– piotrekkr
yesterday
1
The lock screen in Unity is not the Unity Greeter, so any fix to the Unity Greeter package is not going to fix a problem in the Unity lock screen.
– Stephen M. Webb
yesterday
@StephenM.Webb so what is unity lock screen then? What package?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
|
show 3 more comments
1
I have version with fix:apt policy unity-greeter unity-greeter: Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500and apparently it is not fixed...
– piotrekkr
yesterday
5
In that case I think you should (re)open a bug ticket :(
– Byte Commander
yesterday
@ByteCommander I wrote comment in this ticket but I can't find option to reopen it :/
– piotrekkr
yesterday
1
The lock screen in Unity is not the Unity Greeter, so any fix to the Unity Greeter package is not going to fix a problem in the Unity lock screen.
– Stephen M. Webb
yesterday
@StephenM.Webb so what is unity lock screen then? What package?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
1
1
I have version with fix:
apt policy unity-greeter unity-greeter: Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500 and apparently it is not fixed...– piotrekkr
yesterday
I have version with fix:
apt policy unity-greeter unity-greeter: Installed: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 16.04.2-0ubuntu1 500 and apparently it is not fixed...– piotrekkr
yesterday
5
5
In that case I think you should (re)open a bug ticket :(
– Byte Commander
yesterday
In that case I think you should (re)open a bug ticket :(
– Byte Commander
yesterday
@ByteCommander I wrote comment in this ticket but I can't find option to reopen it :/
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@ByteCommander I wrote comment in this ticket but I can't find option to reopen it :/
– piotrekkr
yesterday
1
1
The lock screen in Unity is not the Unity Greeter, so any fix to the Unity Greeter package is not going to fix a problem in the Unity lock screen.
– Stephen M. Webb
yesterday
The lock screen in Unity is not the Unity Greeter, so any fix to the Unity Greeter package is not going to fix a problem in the Unity lock screen.
– Stephen M. Webb
yesterday
@StephenM.Webb so what is unity lock screen then? What package?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@StephenM.Webb so what is unity lock screen then? What package?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
|
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You can install xtrlock:
$ sudo apt-get install xtrlock
And made a combination for lock screen and lock keyboard, until you press the combination again. Make it hard and then the cleaning lady have a hard chance to hit and "hack" your computer.
edited yesterday
Captain Man
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This looks like the answer (short of removing the headphones, of course)
– Mawg
yesterday
@Santi Will this automatically work when I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+l? I read a little about it and it seem to work same way as lock screen you type password and [enter] to unlock. Is it protected from headphones on keyboard or cats? :)
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr yep absolutely it works the same way, just bind both together, tell me how it's going
– Santi
yesterday
@Santi Ok. I'm wondering how should I combine them? If I use lock screen first then I'm locked and normal shortcut keys does not work. If I use onlyxtrlockthen I have locked keyboard and can't lock screen normally (ctrl+alt+l). Did you mean to use onlyxtrlock?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr Yes, using only xtrlock you can set a custom shortcut to execute both, I mean, the lockscreen and lock keyboard until you press again the combination. This is an example of how it works example of lock mouse and keyboard but not screen
– Santi
yesterday
add a comment |
You can install xtrlock:
$ sudo apt-get install xtrlock
And made a combination for lock screen and lock keyboard, until you press the combination again. Make it hard and then the cleaning lady have a hard chance to hit and "hack" your computer.
edited yesterday
Captain Man
153313
answered yesterday
SantiSanti
1033
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This looks like the answer (short of removing the headphones, of course)
– Mawg
yesterday
@Santi Will this automatically work when I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+l? I read a little about it and it seem to work same way as lock screen you type password and [enter] to unlock. Is it protected from headphones on keyboard or cats? :)
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr yep absolutely it works the same way, just bind both together, tell me how it's going
– Santi
yesterday
@Santi Ok. I'm wondering how should I combine them? If I use lock screen first then I'm locked and normal shortcut keys does not work. If I use onlyxtrlockthen I have locked keyboard and can't lock screen normally (ctrl+alt+l). Did you mean to use onlyxtrlock?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr Yes, using only xtrlock you can set a custom shortcut to execute both, I mean, the lockscreen and lock keyboard until you press again the combination. This is an example of how it works example of lock mouse and keyboard but not screen
– Santi
yesterday
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You can install xtrlock:
$ sudo apt-get install xtrlock
And made a combination for lock screen and lock keyboard, until you press the combination again. Make it hard and then the cleaning lady have a hard chance to hit and "hack" your computer.
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You can install xtrlock:
$ sudo apt-get install xtrlock
And made a combination for lock screen and lock keyboard, until you press the combination again. Make it hard and then the cleaning lady have a hard chance to hit and "hack" your computer.
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This looks like the answer (short of removing the headphones, of course)
– Mawg
yesterday
@Santi Will this automatically work when I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+l? I read a little about it and it seem to work same way as lock screen you type password and [enter] to unlock. Is it protected from headphones on keyboard or cats? :)
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr yep absolutely it works the same way, just bind both together, tell me how it's going
– Santi
yesterday
@Santi Ok. I'm wondering how should I combine them? If I use lock screen first then I'm locked and normal shortcut keys does not work. If I use onlyxtrlockthen I have locked keyboard and can't lock screen normally (ctrl+alt+l). Did you mean to use onlyxtrlock?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr Yes, using only xtrlock you can set a custom shortcut to execute both, I mean, the lockscreen and lock keyboard until you press again the combination. This is an example of how it works example of lock mouse and keyboard but not screen
– Santi
yesterday
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This looks like the answer (short of removing the headphones, of course)
– Mawg
yesterday
@Santi Will this automatically work when I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+l? I read a little about it and it seem to work same way as lock screen you type password and [enter] to unlock. Is it protected from headphones on keyboard or cats? :)
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr yep absolutely it works the same way, just bind both together, tell me how it's going
– Santi
yesterday
@Santi Ok. I'm wondering how should I combine them? If I use lock screen first then I'm locked and normal shortcut keys does not work. If I use onlyxtrlockthen I have locked keyboard and can't lock screen normally (ctrl+alt+l). Did you mean to use onlyxtrlock?
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr Yes, using only xtrlock you can set a custom shortcut to execute both, I mean, the lockscreen and lock keyboard until you press again the combination. This is an example of how it works example of lock mouse and keyboard but not screen
– Santi
yesterday
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This looks like the answer (short of removing the headphones, of course)
– Mawg
yesterday
This looks like the answer (short of removing the headphones, of course)
– Mawg
yesterday
@Santi Will this automatically work when I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+l? I read a little about it and it seem to work same way as lock screen you type password and [enter] to unlock. Is it protected from headphones on keyboard or cats? :)
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@Santi Will this automatically work when I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+l? I read a little about it and it seem to work same way as lock screen you type password and [enter] to unlock. Is it protected from headphones on keyboard or cats? :)
– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr yep absolutely it works the same way, just bind both together, tell me how it's going
– Santi
yesterday
@piotrekkr yep absolutely it works the same way, just bind both together, tell me how it's going
– Santi
yesterday
@Santi Ok. I'm wondering how should I combine them? If I use lock screen first then I'm locked and normal shortcut keys does not work. If I use only
xtrlock then I have locked keyboard and can't lock screen normally (ctrl+alt+l). Did you mean to use only xtrlock?– piotrekkr
yesterday
@Santi Ok. I'm wondering how should I combine them? If I use lock screen first then I'm locked and normal shortcut keys does not work. If I use only
xtrlock then I have locked keyboard and can't lock screen normally (ctrl+alt+l). Did you mean to use only xtrlock?– piotrekkr
yesterday
@piotrekkr Yes, using only xtrlock you can set a custom shortcut to execute both, I mean, the lockscreen and lock keyboard until you press again the combination. This is an example of how it works example of lock mouse and keyboard but not screen
– Santi
yesterday
@piotrekkr Yes, using only xtrlock you can set a custom shortcut to execute both, I mean, the lockscreen and lock keyboard until you press again the combination. This is an example of how it works example of lock mouse and keyboard but not screen
– Santi
yesterday
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Another solution is to buy a wireless keyboard, then stash the keyboard in a drawer before leaving, or taking out the USB dongle.
Pros: no need to install any software or mess with settings.
Cons: cost a bit of money, requires extra action before leaving.
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Or a wired keyboard that you can just unplug at night. Plenty of decent keyboards have a USB jack at both ends so you can unplug the cable at the keyboard (rather than having to fish behind the back panel connectors).
– J...
yesterday
@J... oh, never seen a keyboard with USB jack on both ends, but yeah, guess in some places it might be available. Still, that would leave an orphan cord lying around at night. ;)
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
Well... sitting right next to the keyboard it should plug back into. A reasonable cable management strategy should make sure the plug can't move far from where it should be in use.
– J...
yesterday
@J... agreed, can be a better option indeed.
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J...: And many machines (I'm tempted to say any decent one these days) have USB jacks on the front, and in the monitor(s). But unless there's an actual need for remote access during the night, the sensible course is simply to to turn the machine off when you leave.
– jamesqf
yesterday
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Another solution is to buy a wireless keyboard, then stash the keyboard in a drawer before leaving, or taking out the USB dongle.
Pros: no need to install any software or mess with settings.
Cons: cost a bit of money, requires extra action before leaving.
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Or a wired keyboard that you can just unplug at night. Plenty of decent keyboards have a USB jack at both ends so you can unplug the cable at the keyboard (rather than having to fish behind the back panel connectors).
– J...
yesterday
@J... oh, never seen a keyboard with USB jack on both ends, but yeah, guess in some places it might be available. Still, that would leave an orphan cord lying around at night. ;)
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
Well... sitting right next to the keyboard it should plug back into. A reasonable cable management strategy should make sure the plug can't move far from where it should be in use.
– J...
yesterday
@J... agreed, can be a better option indeed.
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J...: And many machines (I'm tempted to say any decent one these days) have USB jacks on the front, and in the monitor(s). But unless there's an actual need for remote access during the night, the sensible course is simply to to turn the machine off when you leave.
– jamesqf
yesterday
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Another solution is to buy a wireless keyboard, then stash the keyboard in a drawer before leaving, or taking out the USB dongle.
Pros: no need to install any software or mess with settings.
Cons: cost a bit of money, requires extra action before leaving.
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Another solution is to buy a wireless keyboard, then stash the keyboard in a drawer before leaving, or taking out the USB dongle.
Pros: no need to install any software or mess with settings.
Cons: cost a bit of money, requires extra action before leaving.
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Or a wired keyboard that you can just unplug at night. Plenty of decent keyboards have a USB jack at both ends so you can unplug the cable at the keyboard (rather than having to fish behind the back panel connectors).
– J...
yesterday
@J... oh, never seen a keyboard with USB jack on both ends, but yeah, guess in some places it might be available. Still, that would leave an orphan cord lying around at night. ;)
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
Well... sitting right next to the keyboard it should plug back into. A reasonable cable management strategy should make sure the plug can't move far from where it should be in use.
– J...
yesterday
@J... agreed, can be a better option indeed.
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J...: And many machines (I'm tempted to say any decent one these days) have USB jacks on the front, and in the monitor(s). But unless there's an actual need for remote access during the night, the sensible course is simply to to turn the machine off when you leave.
– jamesqf
yesterday
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Or a wired keyboard that you can just unplug at night. Plenty of decent keyboards have a USB jack at both ends so you can unplug the cable at the keyboard (rather than having to fish behind the back panel connectors).
– J...
yesterday
@J... oh, never seen a keyboard with USB jack on both ends, but yeah, guess in some places it might be available. Still, that would leave an orphan cord lying around at night. ;)
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
Well... sitting right next to the keyboard it should plug back into. A reasonable cable management strategy should make sure the plug can't move far from where it should be in use.
– J...
yesterday
@J... agreed, can be a better option indeed.
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J...: And many machines (I'm tempted to say any decent one these days) have USB jacks on the front, and in the monitor(s). But unless there's an actual need for remote access during the night, the sensible course is simply to to turn the machine off when you leave.
– jamesqf
yesterday
2
2
Or a wired keyboard that you can just unplug at night. Plenty of decent keyboards have a USB jack at both ends so you can unplug the cable at the keyboard (rather than having to fish behind the back panel connectors).
– J...
yesterday
Or a wired keyboard that you can just unplug at night. Plenty of decent keyboards have a USB jack at both ends so you can unplug the cable at the keyboard (rather than having to fish behind the back panel connectors).
– J...
yesterday
@J... oh, never seen a keyboard with USB jack on both ends, but yeah, guess in some places it might be available. Still, that would leave an orphan cord lying around at night. ;)
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J... oh, never seen a keyboard with USB jack on both ends, but yeah, guess in some places it might be available. Still, that would leave an orphan cord lying around at night. ;)
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
Well... sitting right next to the keyboard it should plug back into. A reasonable cable management strategy should make sure the plug can't move far from where it should be in use.
– J...
yesterday
Well... sitting right next to the keyboard it should plug back into. A reasonable cable management strategy should make sure the plug can't move far from where it should be in use.
– J...
yesterday
@J... agreed, can be a better option indeed.
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J... agreed, can be a better option indeed.
– Shadow Wizard
yesterday
@J...: And many machines (I'm tempted to say any decent one these days) have USB jacks on the front, and in the monitor(s). But unless there's an actual need for remote access during the night, the sensible course is simply to to turn the machine off when you leave.
– jamesqf
yesterday
@J...: And many machines (I'm tempted to say any decent one these days) have USB jacks on the front, and in the monitor(s). But unless there's an actual need for remote access during the night, the sensible course is simply to to turn the machine off when you leave.
– jamesqf
yesterday
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Power it down, take it home with you, unplug the keyboard if it's not a laptop, tell hr, AFAIR there's not much you can do security wise once someone physically gets a hold of your machine
– j-money
yesterday
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@j-money I don't think the lady attempts to hack the machine but rather think she just thoroughly cleans the keyboard thereby pressing all the keys. A dust cover and/or this note might help.
– PerlDuck
yesterday
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@PerlDuck maybe that's what she wants you to think!! (couldn't resist)
– j-money
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Unplug the keyboard :)
– Sauce
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Why not just put the headphones in a drawer before going home? Or hang them over the monitor?
– Mawg
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