How To Install vlock on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlock on Kali Linux.

What is vlock

vlock is:

vlock either locks the current terminal (which may be any kind of terminal, local or remote), or locks the entire virtual console system, completely disabling all console access. vlock gives up these locks when either the password of the user who started vlock or the root password is typed.

vlock is interesting on multi user system environments. vlock allows users to lock their sessions while other users can still use the same system via other virtual terminal.

vlock is very useful for users security.

There are three methods to install vlock on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vlock Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vlock using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vlock

Install vlock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vlock using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vlock

Install vlock Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vlock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vlock

How To Uninstall vlock on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vlock package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vlock

Uninstall vlock And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vlock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vlock

Remove vlock Configurations and Data

To remove vlock configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vlock

Remove vlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vlock configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vlock

Dependencies

vlock have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpam0g
• libpam-modules
• adduser

References

• vlock website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vlock package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.