simple screen locker utility for X. This version of slock has been slightly altered to work with arch linux
In order to build slock you need the Xlib header files.
Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slock is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default).
Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slock (if necessary as root):
make clean install
Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password.