Questions tagged [lock]
A generic term for placing a restriction of some sort. It could refer to placing a password-based or biometric protection over a device, a system or a set of data. It could also refer to placing read-only protection on certain configuration or data (like files). Questions using this tag can also be regarding the opposite action of unlocking.
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How can I set a pass code in Ricoh MP C2004ex?
There is a multi-functional printer (Ricoh MP C2004ex) in my office and I want to set a pass code (number lock) to it. Earlier there was another printer (Ricoh Aficio MP C2030) and it was set in such ...
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Making sure my desktop is locked when it goes into sleep mode
Is there a way to install some kind of a hook that'd make sure xlock or a similar program is called before my laptop goes to sleep, regardless of the origin of the request (calling pm-suspend from a ...
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How to switch user while still seeing the running applications in Windows 10
The usecase is, to switch the user during a shift change while still seeing the critical application running on the screen. OS W10.
Is there any possible/ imaginable way to achieve this?
Not speaking ...
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Unhiding/Unlocking Files Locked By File Locker Shell For NTFS
I locked an important folder with "locker for NTFS" from sourceforge, but now that it is hidden and locked, the unlocking doesn't work. I have tried using cmd and looked for some tutorials but none ...
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Is i3lock saving information about failed unlocking attempts?
My version of i3lock is 2.7 (2015-05-20). I checked the manpage and there is -f option to show the number of failed unlocking attempts:
-f, --show-failed-attempts
Show the number of ...
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I get a lock file like this, but don't know what does it do?
when I open a file , and the program creates this file, what does this lock file do ? is it a prevention from simultaneous run ?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LockFile>
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Win7 unlock & logout after x minutes
I have been asked to investigate some functionality for a number of shared PCs running Win7 on a local network. Basically people are logging on to the PCs and locking them in the morning and walking ...
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Lock fillable pdf form
So i got this pdf file to fill out. I wanna export it to a normal, non-fillable pdf using Acrobat Reader. I cant manage to do it. I tried printing it and select export to pdf in printer setup, however,...
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Can dynamic lock use face recognition to verify user presence before autolocking?
I think Windows Operating System is using face recognition over the webcam in the background to detect when am using it and if this returns false then it auto locks the device. I just left it for less ...
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Is there a way to protect only some cells from re-formatting?
I have a .xlsm file that users input information to in unprotected cells. Users need to be able to add as many rows as necessary and to reformat the cells the added. However, I do not want them to ...
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Bluetooth/BlueZ - 'rfcomm listen' command does not terminate
I have an issue with rfcomm command
- after invoking rfcomm listen 0 1
I have got (correctly) Waiting for connection on channel 1.
Then, I am connecting to a device via Android's application
Serial ...
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Is there a risk that new kernel driver ee1004 could lock up spd eeprom?
For newer DDR4 DRAM modules SPD (Serial Presence Detect) data is no longer accessible through AT24C02-compatible EEPROMs (as per DDR3).
DDR4 memory provides 512 bytes of data at one lower and one ...
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Locked out with a dark screen by a screenlock program, persistent during reboot
I need a way to regain access to my keyboard and screen brigthness.
I always invoke my screensaver from a terminal in XMonad with the following command which I have aliased:
setxkbmap -option ...
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Lock screen and time
When locking a session on Win7 using Ctr Alt + Del, the following screen appears.
This image is of the pre-login screen, however this is the screen I wold like it displayed on.
Is it possible to ...
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How do I find out which process is using a file when Process Explorer and Handle doesn't work?
How do i find out which process is using this file? Windows 8.1.
C:\Users\Chloe\workspace\Teads>echo Hello > selenium.log
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another ...
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Release flock for a single command in bash script
I have a script that is launched by cron every day.
The launch command looks something like this: flock -n /tmp/mylock.LOCK /path/to/script/script.sh
Script script.sh updates configuration files for ...
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How to track a file from NFS in Linux is being locked?
I've some codes on a NFS which is shared with two load balancer servers. Sometimes the waiting time of a request is getting longer and I suspect the files may be getting locked with a request while ...
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My Backups are all flocked up
I have cron job that runs an rsync command that does a remote backup every two hours.
In the event that the previous remote backup is still running, I've encapsulated this rysnc command inside of a ...
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How does sd card write lock work? [duplicate]
Is this a software or hardware feature. If it is a hardware feature, what tells the os that it is "write protected"? If it is a software feature, is there anyway to override this? Also, is there any ...
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How to get the timestamp for the system lock/unlock of ubuntu 22.04 with the user's inactivity time? (Not login/logout.)
I want to get the user's lock & unlock timestamp in a single script or command, as in "last" command I can see the user's name with system's login & logout timestamp. How can I get ...
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Unable to restore "Acronis" image file of my System drive to Target drive due to activation of TPM 2.0 in my BIOS
I made the error of switching from "Discrete TPM 1.2 to Firmware TPM 2.0 in order to upgrade my Windows 10 Pro to W11. Foolishly I ignored the warning given by the BIOS configuration.
"Intel ...
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Forbid mouse to go up to menu bar area?
As it doesn't seem possible to disable the menu bar or at least increase the delay to make it reappear if hidden.
I am wondering if there is a way to forbid the mouse cursor to go over that area at ...
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Find out which process has locked a file or folder in Windows Server 2016 in the past
Does Windows Server 2016 have any logging available for which process has locked a file in the past? For example, if a process is failing while trying to access a file because that file is locked by ...
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How to lock remote windows (7 and 10) computers
I'm trying to lock all computers in my house - I checked the psshutdown option with the -l flag, but although the shutdown is working, the lock isn't working at all - it's writing that the machine is ...
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Raspbian: Lock (but not logout) of Command-line-only system so that background processes can continue
I have a Raspberry pi running full Buster but only boots to command line interface (CLI). Currently, I can only login or log out. I want to be able to stay logged in so my background processes can ...
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How to make movemail work on SSHFS filesystems?
I would like to avoid setting up an IMAP server and instead use mailutils' movemail in combination with SSHFS to move over some mails from an external host to my local machine. Unfortunately it fails:
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How does Office 2013's document locking work?
I've run into a couple of problems with files being locked/unlocked in Office 2013 in my company.
documents (Word/Excel files, mostly) are getting unlocked if not regularly saved. A user has a server ...
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Unable to unlock keyboard on Windows 7
I am unable to unlock keyboard on my laptop which is acer's Aspire E 15 modeland having Windows 7 installed. Somehow keyboard is locked and none of the button on keyboard is working now.
I verified ...
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Turn off displays after certain time at lock screen (Windows 7)
My screensaver is setup to turn on by default after 4 minutes and wake up with a password required, and the displays to turn off after 10 minutes. This works if I don't lock my computer manually, but ...
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How to lock Windows 7 with second screen displaying actual desktop?
I have special PC for testing purposes, it has two screens: one (main) for displaying virtual machines which operate tests, another (2nd) for graphs.
I'd like the second one to be always on (should ...
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Lock Firefox Settings and Changes / Addons and about:
I would like to lock my Firefox.
The quest is: don't let anyone or anything change something on my Firefox. I would like to block any changes (add-ons, settings, prefs).
I created:
as.js with:
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Virtualization is locked in BIOS
I want to run virtual machines on my computer, my Windows is currently 32-bit and I'm switching to 64, I don't know why they gave it with 32 because It would work with 64.
When I go to the BIOS the ...
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Locking two Windows 7 Workstations
So here's the story; At work I have two computers. Both Windows 7 and on the same network.
I've used the shortcut trick to create shortcuts on both computers that lock them when I leave.
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Remotely lock a computer
I provide temporary computers to businesses but sometimes they are very slow on letting me get them back.
I was wondering if there was any way I could have a computer receive a command as soon as it ...
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Lock Computer after X minutes, non user editable
Case: I have younger siblings who have a linux computer. They are not allowed to access this computer without parental approval and entry of a password. Their solution is to disable my locking ...
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Windows not getting idle, what do to?
My Windows 7 has since started to not go idle. I have a screensaver, blank screen and screen lock configuration and it is ignoring all of it. I would like to know how could I find out what is causing ...
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Microsoft Excel 2007: When trying to save - "File in use. Try again later"
When I open an Excel document from server, edit and then try to save the changed document, I get the message that "path\filename is in use. Try again later".
I can use "save as" and save a new ...
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Locking file on samba to prevent edit conflict?
I am trying to setup a samba server following these:
Advanced Disk Shares
Samba-HOWTO-Collection
The idea is to only allow one account, one collection opening a file at once.
If another ...
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How to lock the JPEG files to be uncopyable
I have many JPEG files (pictures) on my USB flash memory. I give it to my customers to look at those pictures and choose one (then I make their order based on that selection).
I want they can look at ...
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Locking Color-Only Jobs (Ricoh MP C3003)
We have a Ricoh MP C3003 but people have been printing their documents in color unnecessarily. So we have decided to lock the color function. Now there are still exceptions so we wanted to enable a ...
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Anti-recording share screen
Is there a way to share your screen without any possibility of being recorded? Every screensharing utility I know, Skype, Join.me, Teamviewer, RingCentral, are all recordable via screen recording app. ...
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Why is thunderbird 115.4 signature is editable? [closed]
I linked an image for a signature in my thunderbird. It works. However, whenever you go to write a new email, my signature image is displayed at the bottom of the email but the image is editable. For ...
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Excel renames the range of cells when using auto format for the table, how do I make that renamed range absolute?
Not making the range ‘absolute’ yields incrementing results when copying the formula across cells:
I can create a table and a formula to count specific items that works:
=COUNTIFS(Table1[Name],"*&...
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Royal TS - Unable to Save RTSZ File
I added a resource to Royal TS and tried to save the rtsz document, but it popped up with an error complaining about a lock file that supposedly doesn't exist.
As it's saving, it shows this:
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My HP Monitor has a lock sign and hole behind it. Display is blank when turned on. How do I unlock it? [closed]
HP LA1956X Monitor.
When connected to a laptop , power light comes on blinking, but display is blank
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Enabling "fast user switching" for XP domain PC for when a session is locked
We have a shared PC which is often left unattended for long enough for it to go to the lock screen.
Other users who need to use it are confronted with the lock screen (which does not have the "switch ...
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Make Windows PC blur my screen instead of showing the lock screen image when I lock it
Is it possible to make my Windows 10 PC show whatever is shown on my screen blurred at the lock screen?
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Disable Auto Screen Lock on Inactivity with Console Ubuntu 18.04LTS
How do I disable the automatic screen lock on incactivity with the console/bash?
My system: Ubuntu 18.04LTS (VirtualBox)
The commands given here did not work.
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SMB CIFS OpLocks - where is the danger?
I had some CIFS messages in my dmesg output
[15064.932559] CIFS VFS: Cancelling wait for mid 37736 cmd: 5
[15064.932592] CIFS VFS: Cancelling wait for mid 37737 cmd: 16
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Linux/windows boot lock
Is there any way to lock a Windows or Linux machine's boot.
eg. You press the power button on a PC and it asks for a password before booting to the OS.
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