I can lock my unix/pc screen and keep the machine exclusively for myself. Isn that cool?
No, it’s discourteous to others, it’s annoying to me, it makes me seriously wonder whether I should just remove the lock features altogther and it makes puppies cry. The purpose of keeping the lock bits around was to insure that users could lock the machine temporarily (i.e., for as long as it takes to run to the bathroom, make a phone call, have a smoke, etc). It was not meant as a way to run simulations on open-access machines or to allow exclusive access to one person. If I (Zube) find your terminal locked for a long period, I will unlock it, log you out and probably send you nasty email. If I continue to find locked terminals, the lock features will go away. Exceptions: If you have a machine on your own desk, you can do what you like. Also, if it’s a particular slow time (i.e. not during the semester), a locked machine here or there isn’t a big deal.
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