Re: lockscreen/switch user issues
Dne, 25. 11. 2009 05:19:13 je Brian Denheyer napisal(a): > I know that if I let the screen saver kick in, it does _not_ lock the > screen, as per the setting, so my thinking is that it's a switch user > bug. Just a thought. There are at least two distinct rationales why you would want to switch users: 1) enable the new user to access his/her account and personal files without worrying about file permissions and other things 2) protect users from messing up each other's accounts and personal files 3) other, more specific reasons ... Of course, we may only be interested in 1) and set separate user accounts only for the sake of practicality. In this case, we need not protect users from accessing each other's files and may in fact set up passwordless accounts. Great if all the users are members of the same family and/or we can be sure they are not up for pranks, mischiefs or even mistakes (such as deleting important personal files by mistake or inadvertently creating 20 "New Folders" on your desktop). This case can, for many intents and purposes, be replaced by only one common account instead of separate accounts; for simplicity, you could only have one account for, say, an entire family, and just create separate Documents or Personal subfolders within that shared account. If however, we're also interested in 2), then we generally set up passwords for user accounts. In the latter case, why in the world would we allow users to freely roam from account to account by simply pressing Alt-F7, Alt-F8 etc? IMHO, forcing a password is the rational policy in these cases, and can not be considered a bug in any sense of the term. Just my 2ยข. -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: lockscreen/switch user issues
> "Andrew" == Andrew Sackville-West writes: Andrew> only that I can confirm this is the case. It only seems to Andrew> happen when using switch user. I'd call it a bug that's a Andrew> feature. Some piece of code in the stack there is assuming Andrew> that since someone else is using the machine, it'd better Andrew> lock the screen despite the configuration to the Andrew> contrary. Andrew> I would wager this is a bug in whatever does the user Andrew> switching as the screensaver is doing what it's told. I Andrew> believe (without having time to test it at the moment) that Andrew> you can force the screensaver to lock through it's control Andrew> program despite the preferences being set otherwise.=20 Good that I'm not the only one. Things can be kind of weird here in power pc land. yes - you can using xscreensaver-command to lock it even if the preferences are set otherwise. I'm going to say it's pure bug. If I disable locking in xscreensaver, then, damnit, it shouldn't lock ! Any ideas on what package deserves the bug-report ? I know that if I let the screen saver kick in, it does _not_ lock the screen, as per the setting, so my thinking is that it's a switch user bug. Maybe I should just drop back to startx in two different VT's. switch user is a lot slower than Alt-F8 ! Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: lockscreen/switch user issues
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 07:02:40AM -0800, Brian Denheyer wrote: > > This is using gnome (and the gnome wm, which is called ?): > > switch user > you get the login prompt > login > now I get the xscreensaver prompt > > I check the screensaver prefs and not only is the lock screen option > NOT checked, I've restarted the daemon a couple of times to make sure > it's not set. > > Only it clearly is. > > Any ideas ? only that I can confirm this is the case. It only seems to happen when using switch user. I'd call it a bug that's a feature. Some piece of code in the stack there is assuming that since someone else is using the machine, it'd better lock the screen despite the configuration to the contrary. I would wager this is a bug in whatever does the user switching as the screensaver is doing what it's told. I believe (without having time to test it at the moment) that you can force the screensaver to lock through it's control program despite the preferences being set otherwise. .02 A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
lockscreen/switch user issues
This is using gnome (and the gnome wm, which is called ?): switch user you get the login prompt login now I get the xscreensaver prompt I check the screensaver prefs and not only is the lock screen option NOT checked, I've restarted the daemon a couple of times to make sure it's not set. Only it clearly is. Any ideas ? Thanks, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
