10.7 (Lion) will by default, no longer allow anyone except the current console
user to dismiss an active password protected screen saver. In previous versions
of Mac OS X, it was possible to enter the name of any local administrator
account credentials and bypass the screen saver, regardless of
Could the admin ssh into the Mac and blow away the screensaver process (would
that be SystemUIServer)?
On Oct 5, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Scott Roebuck wrote:
> 10.7 (Lion) will by default, no longer allow anyone except the current
> console user to dismiss an active password protected screen saver.
On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Scott Roebuck wrote:
> 10.7 (Lion) will by default, no longer allow anyone except the current
> console user to dismiss an active password protected screen saver.
This is only partially correct. Another user can log in as a second user. At
the BOTTOM of the scree
Right... but it switches user accounts. I need to login to the current users
space so that I can get to their user settings and documents in a specific app.
If I login to the "Tech" space or account it doesn't do me any good.
On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:58 PM, objectwerks inc wrote:
> On Oct 5, 2011,
OK, sorry. Was not clear on first reading that you needed to be in that
user's account. Second reading made it more clear.
On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Scott Roebuck wrote:
> Right... but it switches user accounts. I need to login to the current users
> space so that I can get to their user
On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:34, Scott Roebuck wrote:
> 10.7 (Lion) will by default, no longer allow anyone except the current
> console user to dismiss an active password protected screen saver. In
> previous versions of Mac OS X, it was possible to enter the name of any local
> administrator account
Sorry about the worthless unenforceable bull-crap... I usually turn that off
and it really has nothing to do with our IT department.
Thanks for the suggestion though... I'll give it a shot in the morning.
Although... if I go directly to the admin account, won't that just put me in
the admin acc
Well... "Fast User Switching" is just that, switching between users.
I need to stay within the logged in user only use the tech account credentials
to unlock the screensaver. Sorry but in this scenario it's not a good thing.
Thanks for your suggestions. If I figure out a way to do what we've be
On Oct 6, 2011, at 18:20, Scott Roebuck wrote:
> I need to stay within the logged in user only use the tech account
> credentials to unlock the screensaver. Sorry but in this scenario it's not a
> good thing.
Seems like a really bad idea to me, and I suspect this was changed specifically
to el
On Oct 5, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Scott Roebuck wrote:
> 10.7 (Lion) will by default, no longer allow anyone except the current
> console user to dismiss an active password protected screen saver. In
> previous versions of Mac OS X, it was possible to enter the name of any local
> administrator acco
On 08 Oct 2011, at 10:52 , Karl Kuehn wrote:
> I thought that the place to do this was always /etc/authorization,
> specifically in the system.login.screensaver section. If the entry there
> indicates you should be able to do this, and you can't, then it is a bug and
> you should report it as su
Lukreme,
Yes, you are right, this did start in 10.6 but was easily remedied by the
following. NOTE: This only effects a locked screensaver.
The file that you want to edit is screensaver and is located at
"/etc/pam.d/screensaver".
When the file is open, it looks like this:
# screensaver: auth
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