On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 21:52:27 +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote:

> XScreensaver always accepts the root password regardless of who is logged in 
> so that root can always access the machine. Take the case where VTSwitching 
> and killing of the XServer are disabled, root can only gain access to the 
> machine by getting passed the screensaver.

It also seems to accept passwords for the user account that have existed
since you last restarted the daemon (ie, if you use passwd until
xscreensaver is restarted, you can still unlock it with the old password).

FWIW, the new GLMatrix module is the dogs nads. (It's not in the current
stable build, you need .15 or later IIRC.)

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