This is an experimental SAK filter that uses evdev and friends to: 1.) Signal when a SAK (currently hardcoded as Ctrl+Alt+DEL) is pressed This signal is ONLY available to applications running as root 2.) Filter any SAK press events out, so that no non-root applications are aware of them if they occur. In fact, even root applications will be unaware of the SAK press unless they are monitoring the out-of-band SAK interface. The interface is very simple. Listen on /tmp/tdesocket-global/tsak and you will receive the null-terminated string "SAK\n\r" when the SAK is pressed. Note that the string may be sent multiple times, especially if the SAK is held down.