Re: Proposal for inclusion in desktop: gnome-screensaver

[William Jon McCann <mccann jhu edu>]

Hi Pat,

Pat Suwalski wrote:
> I was thinking that the root password could unlock the screensaver
> regardless of whose screensaver it is. So, in order:
>
>  - User password
>    - Success: close screensaver
>    - Failure:
>      - Root password
>        - Success: close screensaver
>        - Failure: continue

You weren't cheating and reading the code [1] were you?  ;)

That is how it works now.  However, you'll most likely need to setuid to 
root for this to actually work.

Jon

[1] 
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-screensaver/src/passwd-pam.c?view=markup