RE: gdm submission

[Wicks Robert-CRW051C <crw051c lmpsil02 comm mot com>]

As something of an aside, I have heard that the reason for the sequence is
to disable any potential programs which read keystrokes.  So, supposedly, it
is a security measure.

Robert A. Wicks
Network Administrator, Motorola IT


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Fox, Kevin M [SMTP:KMFox@mail.bhi-erc.com]
	Sent:	Tuesday, March 02, 1999 2:35 PM
	To:	'John St. Clair'
	Subject:	RE: gdm submission

	The point is that gnome strives to be easy to use. Having to hit
some
	oddball sequence like ctrl alt del to login is and allways will be a
bad
	idea. When you need a login box, it should be presented to you. I
just love
	how when you sit down at an nt box you get alittle window saying hit
control
	alt delete to login. What the heck... why didnt they use that space
for
	something usefull like a login box. :)  Microsoft says that they are
trying
	to make things easy to use but requireing ctl alt delete for login
is not
	easy to use. If someone really wants to persue this issue, add the
feature.
	but for hevens sake dont make it default.

	> -----Original Message-----
	> From:	John St. Clair [SMTP:jstclair@chuma.cas.usf.edu]
	> Sent:	Tuesday, March 02, 1999 11:27 AM
	> To:	Fox, Kevin M
	> Subject:	RE: gdm submission
	> 
	> Kevin wrote:
	> ...
	> BUT winblowz  NT (Or should that be OT old technology) ctrl alt
delete
	> reboots
	> the computer. This is an expected thing. If you hit ctrl alt del
and it
	> does
	> 
	> 
	> Uh, that's part of the point...
	> 
	> John
	> 
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: Fox, Kevin M [mailto:KMFox@mail.bhi-erc.com]
	> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 1:36 PM
	> To: 'Todd Graham Lewis'; Ian McKellar
	> Cc: 'gnome-list@gnome.org'
	> Subject: RE: gdm submission
	> 
	> 
	> Ctrl-Alt-Del for login was/is always a bad idea. In all operating
systems
	> BUT winblowz (Or should that be OT old technology) ctrl alt delete
reboots
	> the computer. This is an expected thing. If you hit ctrl alt del
and it
	> does
	> something different it confuses people. Microsoft in the different
windows
	> changed what control alt delete does 3 different times. Lets not
get into
	> that habbit. Why would any one want to hit control alt delete to
login
	> when
	> you can just be prompted by a nice pritty login box right away?


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