On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Ross Walker wrote: > On Jan 19, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Bob Eastbrook <baconeater789 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. > > Let's try this again... > > KDE has a multi-user x login feature that allows another user to start a new > session keeping the existing session active. > > It might take a little config mod'ing to get it working, but it works. It > works best if there is lots of RAM. So does gnome (another gconf key: /apps/gnome-screensaver/user_switch_enabled). Not tried it on CentOS 5, but it works okay on Fedora 12. You have to be careful not to end up with everybody logged in everywhere. jh