Re: Proposal for inclusion in desktop: gnome-screensaver

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 10:44 -0400, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 13:57 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 12:07 -0400, William Jon McCann wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I am pleased to propose gnome-screensaver for inclusion in the GNOME 
> > > 2.14 Desktop release.
> > 
> > I'm in favour with a couple of notes:
> > 
> > 1. I liked the UI for unlocking circa 0.13 much better than the current
> > 2. The extra settings like DPMS need to be exposed like in xscreensaver
> > or move somewhere appropriate
> 
> How about...
> 
> 3. Unlocking the screen with the root password should do the same as
> choosing switch users, and logging in as root. Not doing so is a privacy
> and security issue, as it may allow root access to remote hosts, that
> root normally does not have access to.
> 
you mean not asking root for password? That's in the FAQ AFAIR. g-s
works exactly the same as xscreensaver on this regard, which is to
suggest not to use root at all, and if so, not ask for password, because
of security implications in fact.
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>