On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 00:02:58 +0000 Aleksej Struk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 11:48:53PM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > // Eric Sandall wrote: > // >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > // >Hash: SHA1 > // > > // >On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > // > > // >>On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:59:27 -0800 (PST) Eric Sandall > // >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > // >> > // >>>On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Aleksej Struk wrote: > // >>> > // >>>>The feature is still under development. Actually, the unlocking > // >>>>through the user system wide password will be implemented too. > // >>>>For now, the personal desklock password is, more or less, a temporal > // >>>>feature. > // >>> > // >>><snip> > // >>> > // >>>As I'm not the one coding this I probably don't have much input ;), > // >>>but IMO the only password allowed should be the already setup user > // >>>password, not Yet Another Password that the user has to define and > // >>>remember (though they could use the same password as their account > // >>>password, but then that opens up 'security' issues with who gets > // >>>access to where this password is stored, is it encrypted, etc.). > // >> > // >> > // >>the problem is - to handle the "user password" is a massive pain in > // >>the arse. you need to use PAM or getpwent() and this presents some > // >>serious problems. what if your user account details live in an ldap > // >>db? sure - pam wraps this and handles it, but now we bind ourselves to > // >>pam - which is a bit problematic to use in a portable way even between > // >>linux distributions. > // >> > // >>also note - this is no worse than leaving your desktop unlocked and > // >>someone walking by and going "rm -rf ~/*" in a terminal. if you walk > // >>away from your machine and leave it unlocked - it's fair game for > // >>ANYTHING. someone locking it with a pw u don't know is fairly harmless > // >>compared to other things they can do. > // > > // > > // >Shouldn't desklock just use xscreensaver then? That would take care of > // >all the authentication (unix, PAM, KRB5, etc.) for us as well as > // >providing various backgrounds (as mentioned in the other thread) > // >through the screensavers. It'd also save duplicating a lot of work, > // >IMO. > // > > // That meens it doesn't work without xscrennsaver ? > // > // > // > // > // Juste for fun, a Mini HOWTO lock screen with xscreensaver under e17 :-P > // > // 1) create a startup action to run xscreensaver > // > // 2) In key binding settings. > // > // 2.1) remove desktop lock key binding > // > // 2.2) add a User Defined Action > // > // Binding context : Any > // Key Binding : Alt l > // Action : exec > // Params : /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -lock > // > // > // my 2 cts > // > // Fran?ois > > Good for you :) you can use it as well. You also can use it if you work > in KDE, although KDE presents its own desktop lockin mechanism. :) > > It is actually the same as to have entrance instead of xdm. > Same crap. Or to have twm instead of E. > > I personaly do not like "standard" xlock or xscreensaver. I like to to > have nice desktop locking screen, where I can choose what I want to have > on my locked screens. That is the reason I do this staff. and don't get discouraged by people saying not to do it. this is a useful feature. sure - it's not perfect, and there are problems doing things certain ways - BUT - it's good and useful. its a small snippet of code that means u dont NEED xlock or xscreensaver even installed. > > Have a nice evening. > > > // > // > // >- -sandalle > // > > // >- -- > // >Eric Sandall | Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer > // >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.sourcemage.org/ > // >http://eric.sandall.us/ | SysAdmin @ Inst. Shock Physics @ WSU > // >http://counter.li.org/ #196285 | http://www.shock.wsu.edu/ > // >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > // >Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > // > > // >iD8DBQFEBhRLHXt9dKjv3WERAibxAJ0ct5axGIKatsGpY/Wa7r14k7e7ewCfX3/3 > // >g4Jz97PDLEEaSyfXA2WHdOg= > // >=NF0W > // >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > // > > // > > // >------------------------------------------------------- > // >This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language // >that extends applications into web and mobile media. 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