François, others "If it is someone else ask him" - that's too easy to say. What if there are 20 or 30 (or more) other people who can log in on that system? I'd have to remember all their passwords. Basically, I want to be able to get on the machine with my root password without killing X servers, existing logins, running apps, etc. Just like Solaris installations, where the root passwd can unlock any user's screen saver. If I am the root passwd owner, I want to be able to get on a machine without having to destroy parts of it. I checked on FC3, and there the root passwd can still unlock the screen saver. Is there some kind of setting to get this behaviour back? Or do I have to get the v4.18 from FC3 and put it where FC4's v4.21 resides - assuming it'll work? Any ideas, anybody? wlamee > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of François Patte > Sent: 28 March 2006 15:30 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: How can I allow screensaver unlocking by root? > > > Wouter.Lamee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit : > > Hey folks, > > > > Like the subject says: I have the standard screensaver in > FC4 (I think > > it's xlock), but the root passwd will not unlock it. How > can I enable > > root passwd unlocking on that screensaver? > > Don't understand too much your question.... > > To unlock the xscreensavers it is sufficient to use the > password of the > owner of the x session. If you are this one, it is your > password. If it > is someone else ask him. If his not here or if your relations are bad, > kill the x session: Ctrl-Alt-Delete, you don't need to be > root for this. > > -- > François Patte > UFR de mathématiques et informatique > Université Paris 5 - Paris > http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
