Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > On 1/21/11, JohnS <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 20:13 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: >> >>> This is on software which ran as POS stuff. > > > hmm... how about a vlock -a (or inverse thereof) wrapper? We wanted to log the user out of the POS application, not lock out of the machine. That also doesn't address overwriting of sensitive material in RAM. Also, it was with SCO, not Linux. It should really be thought of more as an embedded application. Upon boot up, the first thing run was the app, and that occurred automatically. The users were not computer savvy. In fact, the ones who thought they had some savvy were the ones causing most of the problems, by messing up the configuration. One guy liked to rename directories to suit his fancy. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!