ALOCK(1) Manual Page

alock [-h] [-v] [-bg type:opts] [-cursor type:opts] [-auth type:opts]

alock locks the X server till the user enters a password at the keyboard. If the authentification was successful the X server is unlocked and the user can continue to work.

alock does not provide fancy animations like xlock and xscreensaver and never will. Its just for locking the current X session.

-h

Print a short help

-v

Print the version number

-auth type:options

Define the type of the authentification, depends strongly on how alock was built:

• list - Displays a list of available types

• passwd - Tries to authentificate against the users system-password. On systems using shadow alock needs the suid-flag set.

• pam - Tries to authentificate against the users system-password using the pam-login-module.

• md5 - alock creates a md5-hash from the entered passphrase and compares it with the hash provided

  • hash=<hash> - use <hash> as reference

  • file=<filename> - use content of <filename> as reference

• sha1 - alock creates a sha1-hash from the entered passphrase and compares it with the hash provided

  • hash=<hash> - use <hash> as reference

  • file=<filename> - use <filename> as reference

• sha256 - alock creates a sha256-hash from the entered passphrase and compares it with the hash provided

  • hash=<hash> - use <hash> as reference

  • file=<filename> - use <filename> as reference

• sha384 - alock creates a sha384-hash from the entered passphrase and compares it with the hash provided

  • hash=<hash> - use <hash> as reference

  • file=<filename> - use <filename> as reference

• sha512 - alock creates a sha512-hash from the entered passphrase and compares it with the hash provided

  • hash=<hash> - use <hash> as reference

  • file=<filename> - use <filename> as reference

• wpool - alock creates a whirlpool-hash from the entered passphrase and compares it with the hash provided

  • hash=<hash> - use <hash> as reference

  • file=<filename> - use <filename> as reference

-bg type:options

Define the type of alock should handle the background:

• list - Displays a list of available types

• none - You can see everything like it is

• blank - Fill the background with color

  • color=<color> - Use <color>

• shade - Dims content of the screen and recolors it.

  • shade=<perc> - Valid from 1 to 99

  • color=<color> - Use <color>

• image - Use the image <filename> and puts it as the background

  • file=<filename>

  • center

  • scale

  • tile

  • color=<color> - Use <color>

  • shade=<perc> - Valid from 1 to 99

-cursor type:options

Define the look-a-like of the cursor/mouse pointer:

• list - Displays a list of available types

• theme - Use the given internal cursor

  • list - Display all possible themes

  • name=<name>

  • bg=<color> - Use forground-color

  • fg=<color> - Use background-color

• glyph - Use the given glyph of the "cursor"-font

  • list - Display all possible glyph-names

  • name=<name>

  • bg=<color>

  • fg=<color>

• xcursor - Use the given <filename> in xcursor-format

  • file=<filename>

• image - Use the given <filename>

  • file=<filename>

• none - No change to the current cursor

Written by Mathias Gumz <akira at fluxbox dot org>

alock - Webpages

• Home

• Issue Tracker

Algorithms

• whirlpool hash

• sha based hashfunctions

• md5

Other Lockers

• xlockmore

• xscreensaver

• xtrlock

• vlock

• lockvc

Copyright © 2005 - 2006 Mathias Gumz. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the MIT. See LICENSE provided in the distribution.