Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:22:06 +0100, Wojtek wrote in message 4eb85a0e.7080...@elka.pw.edu.pl: Hi, I often have to leave my students with my laptop and e.g. go to scan some documents or to receive printed papers from the printer room. Then I have to lock the console when leaving, and unlock

Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-08 Thread Karl Vogel
On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 23:40:24 -0700, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com said: B I would create a script that edited the /etc/shadow file directly and B manipulated the encrypted passwords. Then the clear text would never B need to exist in any form. Only the encrypted form of the password is B needed.

Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Karl Vogel wrote: If you don't add or delete a lot of accounts or modify /etc/passwd frequently, could you change your password to the high-security one, copy /etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.hi, then change it back and copy /etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.lo? Then your password-changer

Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-07 Thread Wojtek Zabolotny
Hi, I often have to leave my students with my laptop and e.g. go to scan some documents or to receive printed papers from the printer room. Then I have to lock the console when leaving, and unlock it when coming back. As my login password is quite long, it is uncomfortable to enter it

Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Wojtek Zabolotny wrote: I often have to leave my students with my laptop and e.g. go to scan some documents or to receive printed papers from the printer room. Then I have to lock the console when leaving, and unlock it when coming back. As my login password is quite long, it is