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Someone in my lab has locked the screen on their linux desktop. Can I unlock it?

April 26, 2017desktop lab linux locked screen unlock

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Someone in my lab has locked the screen on their linux desktop. Can I unlock it?

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The key combination ctrl-alt-backspace will reboot the X server and force logout anyone who is logged in at the console. This will also kill any processes that user was running. Note ctrl-alt-backspace is not the same as ctrl-alt-del (which will reboot the entire computer).