Lock screen does not work for root in gnome
Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com
Sun Oct 17 22:37:57 UTC 2004
Paul Ionescu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I discovered that xscreensaver and lock screen does not work in gnome if
> the current user is "root".
> Is this a bug or a "feature" ?
> And another question, is there an options to change the unlock prompt from
> xscreensaver ? The default one is UGLY, and does not fit in Gnome desktop.
>
This has NEVER worked for root. It has something to do with
xscreensaver not being very secure. In any case you shouldn't be
logging in as root anyway. You should use su or sudo when you need root
functions.
Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com
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