Lock Screen on Linux Ubuntu from Command Line

Lock Screen on Linux Ubuntu from Command Line

Maybe some people want to lock their screen for some reason. And they want to do this with command line or script. To lock the screen on ubuntu, the command you need to run would be like this.

First you have to make sure that the screen saver is running. the command is :

$ gnome-screensaver

Then to lock the screen, you need to run this command :

$ gnome-screensaver-command -l

Those command will make your screen locked.

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