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On 2022-03-19 01:03, Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I been thinking. Yea, that's dangerous. lol If I logout of KDE, or |
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> have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I |
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> have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack? My login |
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> manager is sddm. As a example, if someone breaks into my home, is there |
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> a easy way to get past that? I recall the old windoze 98 days where a |
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> certain key sequence would bypass the password prompt. Is there a way |
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> known to crooks and such that can bypass or easily defeat passwords? |
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They don't even need to defeat a password. If they have root, it's |
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trivial to unlock a locked session without knowing the password - just FYI. |
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I had to use that method when compiling updates and the screen saver |
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broke, and yes it did work. I can't recall what the command was now - |
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but I did test it on a working-normally system and it worked as well. |
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The screen locks in linux are security by obscurity, if something is |
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that sensitive, don't stay logged in all the time. |
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Dan |
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