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physlock

Lock all consoles and virtual terminals. More information: http://github.com/muennich/physlock.

  • Lock every console (require current user or root to unlock):

physlock

  • Mute kernel messages on console while locked:

physlock -m

  • Disable SysRq mechanism while locked:

physlock -s

  • Display a message before the password prompt:

physlock -p "{{Locked!}}"

  • Fork and detach physlock (useful for suspend or hibernate scripts):

physlock -d