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slimlock(1) General Commands Manual slimlock(1)

slimlock - Unholy Screen Locker

slimlock [-v]

The Frankenstein's monster of screen lockers. Grafting SLiM and slock together leads to blood, tears, and locked screens.

display version information

Slimlock reads the same configuration files you use for SLiM. It looks in CFGDIR/slim.conf and CFGDIR/slimlock.conf, where CFGDIR is defined in the makefile. The options that are read from slim.conf are hidecursor, current_theme, background_color, and background_style, screenshot_cmd, and welcome_msg. See the SLiM docs for more information.

slimlock.conf contains the following settings:

number of seconds of inactivity before the screen blanks. Default: 60
number of seconds of inactivity before the screen is turned off. Default: 600
delay in seconds after an incorrect password is entered. Default: 2
message to display after a failed authentication attempt. Default: Authentication failed
message to display after a failed authentication attempt if the CapsLock is on. Default: Authentication failed (CapsLock is on)
1 to show username on themes with single input field; 0 to disable. Default: 1
1 to show SLiM's welcome message; 0 to disable. Default: 0
1 to disallow virtual terminals switching; 0 to allow. Default: 1
1 to enable the bell on authentication failure; 0 to disable. Default: 1

slim(1)

June 10, 2011 version 0.8