Locking a console session

[Ali Helmy]

On 23/04/06, pcfe <pcfe at pcfe.net> wrote:
>
> Hiho,
>
> Ali Helmy wrote:
> > When logged in to x-server [runlevel5] i can easily lock down the
> computer so
> > that any access requires the user to enter a password first, while still
> keeping
> > everything running in the background... Is there someway i can do that
> on
> > runlevel3? Lock the computer so that I can go away and be sure no one
> can do
> > anything without the password, and yet keep the procs ruunning in the
> background?
>
> My preferred way of doing this is screen. It's in FC core.
>
> Not only will it allow you to lock, it will also run multiple sessions
> and you can detach them.
>
> RU
>
> PCFE
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what is screen?

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