xlock screen locker

xlock really does nothing, it only wraps i3lock screen locker into systemd to allow a seamless screen lock. Your screen stays the same, the mouse pointer works, but you can't do anything. You just have to type your password, press enter and here you go .

Even if one finds out how to kill the i3lock process or the xlock one, it won't unlock your screen.

Installation

Requirements :

• i3lock
• scrot

run ./install.sh ; note that you need sudo permissions.

How to use

The whole wrapper interfaces through a random file at /tmp/RANDOM.xlock. To lock your screen, simply delete this file. After the install the service 'xlock@USER.path' with USER being the user that launched the install. To start it systemctl start xlock@USER.path, at the install it is enabled by default, thus it is launched when you boot.

To add a key binding or to automate your script lock, simply delete files for the pattern /tmp/*.xlock.