Re: Unlocking xscreensaver as root

["Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery ece cmu edu>]

On 08/24/00 13:20:50 -0400, Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> wrote:
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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.
|
| This ability has been disabled in recent versions of xscreensaver
| to prevent users from creating fake xscreensavers that grab
| the root password.
+--->8

We may be about to ban the use of xscreensaver in public clusters, then.

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