sxlock - simple X screen locker

Simple screen locker utility for X, fork of sflock, which is based on slock. Main difference is that sxlock uses PAM authentication.

Features

• provides basic user feedback
• uses PAM
• sets DPMS timeout to 10 seconds, before exit restores original settings
• basic RandR support (drawing centered on the primary output)
• Locks all virtual terminals, needs SUID bit
• Corrected PAM file to work with debian

Requirements

• libX11 (Xlib headers)
• libXext (X11 extensions library, for DPMS)
• libXrandr (RandR support)
• PAM

Installation

For manual installation just install dependencies, checkout and make:

$ git clone git://github.com/markuspetermann/sxlock.git
$ cd ./sxlock
$ make
$ sudo make install

Hooking into systemd events

When using systemd, you can use the following service (create /lib/systemd/system/[email protected]) to let the system lock your X session on hibernation or suspend:

[Unit]
Description=Lock X session using sxlock
Before=sleep.target

[Service]
User=<username>
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sxlock

[Install]
WantedBy=sleep.target

This service then needs to be enabled for each user, for user foo use

$ sudo systemctl enable [email protected]

Use with openbox

To use Win + L to lock the screen add the following to rc.xml

<keybind key="W-l">
  <action name="Execute"><command>sxlock</command></action>
</keybind>