The easiest way to lock someone out of a system without complicating a password, granted I know you want a gnome-screensaver specific password, is to generate a pass phrase. Make the phrase simple with multiple words and space. That will allow you to type quickly and still keep the 2 year old from randomly guessing the password.
MB ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:48:51 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uug] gnome-screensaver annoys > To: [email protected] > > Ubuntu Dapper has gnome-screensaver instead of xscreensaver. It is > annoying because it seems to be much slower to recognize that you are > typing in your password to unlock the screen than xscreensaver was. > With xscreensaver I could sit down and type, type in my password, hit > enter, and the screen would unlock before the ugly dialog would even > get a chance to appear. With gnome-screensaver I sit down, start to > type my password, and about 5 minutes later the new nice-looking > dialog appears, with only three little circles representing the last > three characters of my password. Then it's backspace three times and > start over. So obnoxious. > > So I decided I must need to switch back to xscreensaver. But then I > thought, the only reason I use the password lock at home is to keep > the two-year-old from wandering by, pulling up a terminal and typing > 'rm -rf /' while happily shouting, "I typing my name, Dad!" And the > only reason the screensaver lock is really annoying me is because I > have to use my ultra-hard-to-type secure user password every time I > want to glance at the latest weather report or stock prices. > > Does anyone know how to use an alternate password for the screensaver > lock? Something hard enough for a two-year old not to guess, but easy > to type when in a hurry to check the latest stock prices? > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list _________________________________________________________________ Try Live.com: where your online world comes together - with news, sports, weather, and much more. http://www.live.com/getstarted -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
