Re: Suggestion for a screensaver feature (Re: [Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous)

2002-02-20 Thread Leon Brooks
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 08:14, Jamie Zawinski wrote: > AutoReLogin should not exist, and I'm not going to modify xscreensaver > to give the *illusion* that AutoReLogin is anything other than a gaping > security hole. Ayup, that sounds like the JWZ that we all know and love. (-: Cheers; Leo

Re: Suggestion for a screensaver feature (Re: [Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous)

2002-02-20 Thread Jamie Zawinski
Stephane Gourichon wrote: > > I don't like the AutoReLogin feature. The X server (and process holding > the session) should be stable. If it's not it has to be corrected. > Relaunching a session automatically to pretend it's not nearly crashed > is playing masquerade. You are correct. The words

Re: [Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous

2002-02-14 Thread Stephane Gourichon
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, David BAUDENS wrote: > > IMO, this should be turned off by default! (AutoReLogin=false in > > kdmrc) > > /.../ > > It have never been actived by default. This is strange. I'm think I've never activated it (I discovered the option yesterday) and it was activated anyway. Than

Re: [Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous

2002-02-13 Thread Danny Tholen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Maybe AutoRelogin should also turn off Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Or you can do it yourself. In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: Section "ServerFlags" DontZap EndSection Danny On Wednesday 13 February 2002 19:46, you wrote: > --- Stephane Gourichon <[EMAIL

Re: [Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous

2002-02-13 Thread SI Reasoning
--- Stephane Gourichon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Mandrake 8.1 introduced a new feature, through the > new kdm: AutoReLogin. > It is supposed to build back the user session if X > crashes (or > Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is pressed, which is a handy way > not to wait for > eons for KDE to s

Re: [Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous

2002-02-13 Thread David BAUDENS
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 16:57, you wrote: > Hello, > > Mandrake 8.1 introduced a new feature, through the new kdm: > AutoReLogin. It is supposed to build back the user session if X > crashes (or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is pressed, which is a handy way not > to wait for eons for KDE to start when

[Cooker] Please switch of kdm AutoReLogin: painful and dangerous

2002-02-13 Thread Stephane Gourichon
Hello, Mandrake 8.1 introduced a new feature, through the new kdm: AutoReLogin. It is supposed to build back the user session if X crashes (or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is pressed, which is a handy way not to wait for eons for KDE to start when one actually wants everything else but KDE, but sometimes t