Re: [CentOS] screen locking - pam and xscreensaver
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Bob Beers wrote: On Jan 16, 2008 3:32 PM, Scott Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If Xwindows was to be disabled, and only tty was used, what would be the best option for ensuring the logged-in session was locked after a determined amount of inactivity> If logged in to bash, TMOUT is the (seconds) setting to terminate the shell if no activity, but it is not fool-proof. For example, an open vi session will prevent the logout. Appreciate the variable of TMOUT, but I'm not looking to terminate, but rather lock the session. Additionally, I should be able to override the session with the sudo or root password. Other leads welcome. Scott HTH, -Bob ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] screen locking - pam and xscreensaver
On Jan 16, 2008 3:32 PM, Scott Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If Xwindows was to be disabled, and only tty was used, what would be the > best option for ensuring the logged-in session was locked after a > determined amount of inactivity> > If logged in to bash, TMOUT is the (seconds) setting to terminate the shell if no activity, but it is not fool-proof. For example, an open vi session will prevent the logout. HTH, -Bob ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] screen locking - pam and xscreensaver
For an out-of-box Centos install that utilizes PAM for xscreensaver within both gnome and kde, what factors would lead to xscreensaver not being able to properly unlock the user? I reviewed the logs and nothing helped. I performed ldd on xscreensaver and an ls -l on each dependency proved they were all there. The system uses local /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files for authentication - no NIS or LDAP or Kerberos. If Xwindows was to be disabled, and only tty was used, what would be the best option for ensuring the logged-in session was locked after a determined amount of inactivity> Also, if the user stepped away from the system and wanted to manually lock it, what is the best tty screen-locking utility? I reviewed vlock, but after prompting me for my password, it then prompted for root's. That was less than helpful. Thanks. Scott ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
