bluelock

Bluelock is a small bash-scipt. Bluelock is written to check if a bluetooth device of you is available, if it’s not it will lock your computer. So the idea is that if you walk away from your computer and you forget often to lock it, this script will do. But on the other hand if you stay near your computer, it won’t lock, because you are close to it.

To start it, you need to run the command

bluelockd

afcourse you can put this in a script and place it in (for example) in your Autostart folder of KDE/Gnome. More info can be found in the INSTALL file of the tar-ball.

This script requires:

  • BASH
  • xlock
  • hcitool
  • A bluetooth device on your computer
  • A bluetooth device (for example a mobile phone like the Nokia 6600)

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