On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:00 AM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com> wrote: > > It probably depends on his environment. If it's an office where people > actually work for money and need to address client issues then I'm > sure your colleagues won't be please if you make them loose all their > work just to be an arrogant IT manager who wants to prove a point. > > I don't know about you, but a user leaving his desk (for any purpose, > other than going home) doesn't cause a security risk. I trust all our > staff, and when Andrew goes on lunch I expect him to leave his PC > unlocked. > > 1. It's our property and he should have any personal stuff on there, > as per our NDA, that could cause problem. > > 2. If a client, which Andrew was busy with phones in, I or one of the > other staff members would need access to that work. > > So, in such a case I do think the OP has a valid question and it > could be addressed more professionally than to restart X, or even the > PC just to prove a point. > > P.S. And I don't know the answer either..... In our environment, leaving your desk without locking your computer/screen is punished with a disciplinary hearing and three such hearings result in dismissal. Having one person using another's account is considered a security risk. I don't know the exact path but you can use gconftool-2 (or gconf-editor as a GUI) to set the screensaver not to lock (and mimick doing so by changing the screensaver preferences in "System-Preferences-Screensaver").