On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 15:10 -0700, Stanley Davis wrote: > Is there a way to unlock/logoff a user that has the computer locked > without knowing their password? The computer in question is a stand > alone computer. I know in the Windows environment that any > administrator should unlock and signoff the current user. Is the same > possible under Fedora Core 4? Also is there a way to limit when a > user can be logged into a computer, for example user1 can only logon > between 9AM and 3PM. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Apparently you can unlock any user by entering the root password. I've never tried. As an alternative, ssh to the machine, or switch to a virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in as root, then run pkill xscreensaver.
