Subject: Bug#4170: vlock can make the system unusable

From: "Peter Tobias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 17:40:45 +0200 (MET DST)

Package: vlock
Version: 0.8-3

You can block a system for a while using vlock. Just type
vlock -a and press the <Return> key for a few seconds (or minutes).
Result: You can't log in for a couple of minutes.

There should either be an option to avoid the calls to the sleep()
function or vlock shouldn't accept keyboard input while it sleeps.

Thanks,

Peter

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