On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 12:23 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > nodata wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:10 -0700, Stanley Davis wrote: > [how can I shut down a computer with keyboard locked and don't know > password?] Locked KEYBOARD? How is the keyboard locked? (and how would a user enter a password with a locked keyboard?) What do you mean? The original poster said "Is there a way to unlock/logoff a user that has the computer locked.." > > > Apparently you can unlock any user by entering the root password. > > I've never tried. > > I just tried (FC2) and that does not work here. > > > As an alternative, ssh to the machine, or switch to a virtual console > > (Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in as root, then run pkill xscreensaver. > > CTRL-ALT-F2 might be better, since on some computers (apparently > according to some posts here earlier) CTRL-ALT-F1 turns some > computers OFF. The posts earlier were hinting at (if these are the same posts) confusion between a black virtual console screen and something going wrong.
