Lock screen does not work for root in gnome

[Paul Ionescu]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:37:57 -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> 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.

Well, I know that, but it works fine in KDE.
And if somebody insist to log in as root, it is even more dangerous that
he cannot lock the screen.