-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Rudi Ahlers Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:55 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to disable screen locking system-wide?
By default, CentOS v5 requires a user's password when the system wakes up from the screensaver. This can be disabled by each user, but how can I disable this system-wide? Many of my users forget to do this, which results in workstations being locked up.
Ctrl-Alt-Bksp will fix that right up. I'm not a big fan of users leaving workstations unsecured when they walk away.
Wouldn't that kill any programs, or whatever, the user has running?
Yup, and it totally defeats the purpose of what the OP actually wanted todo. Imagine your account being busy with your year-end books, and has to run to the toilet (she is a bit sick) now you come and press CTRL+ALT+Bksp and loose everything she's done. And, if she had a lot of invoices and statements already processed then she may need to redo it. Now, how do you explain to your boss that you just cost him another day with an expensive accountant because you're too ignorant to properly address the issue?
Yeah, that's exactly what I was getting to. 8-)
Actually, I'd be interested in an answer to the OP's question too. So far I've always used a somewhat crude method to kill a users screen-saver to be able to get to the desktop...
Disabling the screen-saver's password-protection globally, while still keeping the screen-saver on and working, would be pretty nifty. We use mostly Gnome, and KDE here and there. Is this possible to do in either?