On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 08:06:36PM -0700, Thomas Eriksson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to be able to unlock any screenlocks with the root password.
> > > According to the man pages it should be possible, but it does not work.
> > >
> > > I assume this is related to PAM, but in the staggering amount of
> > > documentation I cannot find the right lead.
> > >
> > > Was hoping someone with a deeper knowledge could give me a hint...
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > As far as I have seen typing <CTL><ALT><BACKSPACE> to a locked
> > screen sends it backe to the login screen. Locking in this case is
> > sort of a joke.
> >
> Not realy. It prevents someone from accessing your login secession. If
> you come back, and unlock your screen, you have your desktop back. I
> guess it depends on what you want to lock. Do you want to lock access
> to the console, and prevent any one else from accessin it, or do you
> want to prevent anyone from accessing what you have running on your
> desktop?
>
> I like the way it works now. After all, if someone has access to the
> console, chances are they have access to the reset and power switches as
> well, so if they realy want access, they can get it. (this is also why
> I like the Ctrl-Alt-Delete to shutdown mapping.)
>
> Mikkel
>
I can see your points on this, and I'm not going to argue against them.
The issue I have is that none of the different screenlock programs
seems to work as documented. i.e they don't unlock when typing the root
password.
Is this a delibarate change by RedHat or is it a bug. These programs works
as expected on most other UNIX platforms.
Thomas
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