remove support for running post lock command - slock - simple X display locker utility
HTML git clone git://git.suckless.org/slock
DIR Log
DIR Files
DIR Refs
DIR README
DIR LICENSE
---
DIR commit 65cb721c9eb7b5d80267378790dee93e9db0223c
DIR parent 890eaf634390913ab145e85aa704256d7ef87834
HTML Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 12:20:57 +0200
remove support for running post lock command
This command was used for example to suspend-to-ram (man page example).
On Linux running this command inherits OOM killer immunity. This could be
abused by an other local user on the same machine (abusing resources).
To keep the use-case for suspend-to-ram an user could write a wrapper script
for it, outside the scope of slock.
Simplify argument handling, because the post-lock command parameter is removed.
Reported by: Acts1631 <acts1631kjv@proton.me>
Diffstat:
M Makefile | 4 ++--
D arg.h | 65 -------------------------------
M slock.1 | 11 +----------
M slock.c | 22 ++++------------------
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
---
DIR diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ all: slock
.c.o:
${CC} -c ${CFLAGS} $<
-${OBJ}: config.h config.mk arg.h util.h
+${OBJ}: config.h config.mk util.h
config.h:
cp config.def.h $@
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ clean:
dist: clean
mkdir -p slock-${VERSION}
cp -R LICENSE Makefile README slock.1 config.mk \
- ${SRC} config.def.h arg.h util.h slock-${VERSION}
+ ${SRC} config.def.h util.h slock-${VERSION}
tar -cf slock-${VERSION}.tar slock-${VERSION}
gzip slock-${VERSION}.tar
rm -rf slock-${VERSION}
DIR diff --git a/arg.h b/arg.h
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copy me if you can.
- * by 20h
- */
-
-#ifndef ARG_H__
-#define ARG_H__
-
-extern char *argv0;
-
-/* use main(int argc, char *argv[]) */
-#define ARGBEGIN for (argv0 = *argv, argv++, argc--;\
- argv[0] && argv[0][0] == '-'\
- && argv[0][1];\
- argc--, argv++) {\
- char argc_;\
- char **argv_;\
- int brk_;\
- if (argv[0][1] == '-' && argv[0][2] == '\0') {\
- argv++;\
- argc--;\
- break;\
- }\
- for (brk_ = 0, argv[0]++, argv_ = argv;\
- argv[0][0] && !brk_;\
- argv[0]++) {\
- if (argv_ != argv)\
- break;\
- argc_ = argv[0][0];\
- switch (argc_)
-
-/* Handles obsolete -NUM syntax */
-#define ARGNUM case '0':\
- case '1':\
- case '2':\
- case '3':\
- case '4':\
- case '5':\
- case '6':\
- case '7':\
- case '8':\
- case '9'
-
-#define ARGEND }\
- }
-
-#define ARGC() argc_
-
-#define ARGNUMF() (brk_ = 1, estrtonum(argv[0], 0, INT_MAX))
-
-#define EARGF(x) ((argv[0][1] == '\0' && argv[1] == NULL)?\
- ((x), abort(), (char *)0) :\
- (brk_ = 1, (argv[0][1] != '\0')?\
- (&argv[0][1]) :\
- (argc--, argv++, argv[0])))
-
-#define ARGF() ((argv[0][1] == '\0' && argv[1] == NULL)?\
- (char *)0 :\
- (brk_ = 1, (argv[0][1] != '\0')?\
- (&argv[0][1]) :\
- (argc--, argv++, argv[0])))
-
-#define LNGARG() &argv[0][0]
-
-#endif
DIR diff --git a/slock.1 b/slock.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd October 6, 2023
+.Dd September 5, 2026
.Dt SLOCK 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -7,14 +7,9 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl v
-.Op Ar cmd Op Ar arg ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a simple X screen locker.
-If provided,
-.Ar cmd
-is executed after the screen has been locked.
-.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl v
@@ -22,10 +17,6 @@ Print version information to stdout and exit.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-$
-.Nm
-/usr/sbin/s2ram
.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
To make sure a locked screen can not be bypassed by switching VTs
or killing the X server with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, it is recommended
DIR diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-#include <spawn.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <X11/extensions/Xrandr.h>
#include <X11/keysym.h>
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/Xutil.h>
-#include "arg.h"
#include "util.h"
char *argv0;
@@ -304,7 +302,7 @@ lockscreen(Display *dpy, struct xrandr *rr, int screen)
static void
usage(void)
{
- die("usage: slock [-v] [cmd [arg ...]]\n");
+ die("usage: slock [-v]\n");
}
int
@@ -319,13 +317,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
Display *dpy;
int s, nlocks, nscreens;
- ARGBEGIN {
- case 'v':
+ if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-v")) {
puts("slock-"VERSION);
return 0;
- default:
+ } else if (argc > 1) {
usage();
- } ARGEND
+ }
/* validate drop-user and -group */
errno = 0;
@@ -378,17 +375,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
if (nlocks != nscreens)
return 1;
- /* run post-lock command */
- if (argc > 0) {
- pid_t pid;
- extern char **environ;
- int err = posix_spawnp(&pid, argv[0], NULL, NULL, argv, environ);
- if (err) {
- die("slock: failed to execute post-lock command: %s: %s\n",
- argv[0], strerror(err));
- }
- }
-
/* everything is now blank. Wait for the correct password */
readpw(dpy, &rr, locks, nscreens, hash);