Re: No screenlock for root?

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Wed, 01 Aug 2001 11:10:27 -0300 "Rodolfo J. Paiz"
<rpaiz indahaus com> imparted to us:

> Done a little searching but haven't found an answer yet:
> 
> Why can normal users lock their screen in GNOME (in RH7) but root
> can't? It 
> would be even *more* valuable for root...

man xscreensaver

In a nutshell, it's considered a security problem. Xscreensaver runs as
an unprivileged user and may not work for root logins unless you add the
xhost command to allow users to activate things on the root desktop.
That would be in root's .xinitrc or in Xsetup.

'man xauth' for more on that.

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