Re: Unlocking xscreensaver as root

["Padraig O'Briain" <Padraig Obriain ireland sun com>]

Hi,

I have not installed xscreensaver 3.25 yet, I am using 3.24. Looking at the code 
for xscreensaver one possibility is that xscreensaver is not setuid root.

Padraig


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> I'm using RH6.2 and the latest Helix GNOME packages available.
> Ever since installing xscreensaver 3.25, I can't unlock the
> screensaver using root's password when a regular user has the
> screen locked.
> 
> Any pointers to where I should look on my system to resolve
> this problem?
> 
> 
> Juan
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