 | | | rdesktop grabs keys from Xscreensaver passwd box | rdesktop grabs keys from Xscreensaver passwd box 2003-11-09 - By Iain Buchanan
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I 'm sure this issue has come up somewhere before, but I couldn 't find
relevent answers on the shrike-list archives or google...
When I use rdesktop, and leave the connection open until xscreensaver
times out, and then type in my password to log on, the password gets
'caught ' be rdesktop and passed to whatever is running on the remote
machine. This is a real nuisance as I usually have a development
environment running, which catches my password. Depending on whats
open, I 've saved files / entered comments / etc, with the my plain text
password somewhere in there.
Its not sufficient to (even though I make an effort to) leave the focus
somewhere else (eg, over the gnome-terminal) because obviously I don 't
know when I 'm going to leave the terminal unattended for some period of
time, otherwise I wouldn 't need the screensaver timeout.
I think its something to do with rdesktop grabbing the input, as well as
xscreensaver (I get some 'failed to grab input device ' or similar
message when xscreensaver activates). Any ideas would be appreciated.
rdesktop version: all stable releases I 've tried as well as the current
cvs version.
TIA,
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Iain Buchanan <iain@(protected) >
"... the Mayo Clinic, named after its founder, Dr. Ted Clinic ... "
-- Dave Barry
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