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Re: [Patch] virtual consoles switching disabling

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Subject: Re: [Patch] virtual consoles switching disabling
From: Alexey Vatchenko <avv_(_at_)_mail_(_dot_)_zp_(_dot_)_ua>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:54:17 +0200

Hannah Schroeter wrote:
> Frankly I see not much sense in this whole thing at all. Root can
> disable logins, and besides that, why shouldn't authorized users be able
> to login?

It's useful when you are logged in on several consoles and don't want to
lock(1) (or xlock) each console... Now you have to `lock -pn` on every
console.

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