Information about the package, vlock, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vlock package is designed for, A program which locks one or more virtual consoles.
Package Name:
vlock
Summary:
A program which locks one or more virtual consoles
Description:
The vlock program locks one or more sessions on the console. Vlock can lock the current terminal (local or remote) or the entire virtual console system, which completely disables all console access. The vlock program unlocks when either the password of the user who started vlock or the root password is typed. Install vlock if you need to disable access to one console or to all virtual consoles.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3
Release:
31.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the vlock package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vlock
This command will install vlock on the server.
yum remove vlock
This command will un-install vlock on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vlock, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vlock
This command will un-install vlock on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vlock when using the -y flag.
yum update vlock
This command will update vlock to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vlock, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vlock
This command will update vlock to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove vlock when using the -y flag.
yum info vlock
This command will show you core information about the vlock package.
yum deplist vlock
This command will show you the dependencies for vlock. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update vlock
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vlock. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.