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Removing policy from the X server

Removing policy from the X server

Posted Apr 4, 2009 3:30 UTC (Sat) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
In reply to: Removing policy from the X server by ebiederm
Parent article: Shortening the rope

ctrl+alt+backspace wasn't a SAK. It's part of the XKB mappings, so any application with authorisation to speak to the X server could unmap it and grab it.


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