tlock-1.5



            Hello all,

                 I  am  pleased  to  release this version(1.5) of tlock.
            tlock(or terminal lock) is simple console based  application
            to  lock  the  terminal with user’s login password. tlock is
            released under version 2(or at your  option  any  later)  of
            GPL, so you are free to fiddle with it as per your needs, as
            long as you comply with the GPL.


            Installation:
            =============

                 To install tlock, go to the directory containing source
            of tlock, and follow these steps as root user...

                 prompt>$ ./configure
                 prompt>$ make
                 prompt># make install

            for more information about usage and general options, see...

                 prompt>$ tlock --help
                 prompt>$ man tlock


            About librpass (-lrpass):
            =========================

                 librpass, is a dynamic library installed with tlock, it
            provides  a function readpass(). readpass, reads in password
            string from standard input of process and returns  it  back,
            AS  IS,  to the calling application. While fetching password
            from standard input, readpass first turns off echo of  input
            characters,  and generation of signal(s) through keystrokes,
            reads in the password, again turns on the character echo and
            signal  generation, and returns a character pointer pointing
            at password string to the calling application. To use  libr-
            pass  in your application, you need to include header <read-
            pass.h>, and link it with your application  using  ’-lrpass’
            switch.  For  more  information about usage of readpass, see
            manual page of readpass(3).


            Problems:
            =========

                 If you encounter any problems while  installing  tlock,
            or  find  any bugs in working of tlock; please send an email
            to <pj.pandit@yahoo.co.in> mentioning about the problem/bug,
            and  while  doing so please include ’tlock-<version>’ string
            in the subject line.


            Thank you!