How to Lock Your Terminal Sessions on Linux With vlock
vlock lets you lock your terminal on Linux so no one else can tamper with your system through the command line in your absence.- Community submission by Editor (9to6linux) on
vlock lets you lock your terminal on Linux so no one else can tamper with your system through the command line in your absence.
You may be running commands on your Linux terminal, but might need to step out for a second to get a cup of coffee or do some other task, but you don't want someone else to be able to run commands on your machine when you're away from keyboard. What do you do?
vlock is a command-line program that will lock your Linux terminal, as well as virtual consoles.
It's easy to install vlock on your system. All you have to do is use your distro's default package manager.