OK, sorry.   Was not clear on first reading that you needed to be in that 
user's account.  Second reading made it more clear.


On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Scott Roebuck wrote:

> Right... but it switches user accounts. I need to login to the current users 
> space so that I can get to their user settings and documents in a specific 
> app. If I login to the "Tech" space or account it doesn't do me any good.
> 
> On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:58 PM, objectwerks inc wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Scott Roebuck wrote:
>> 
>>> 10.7 (Lion) will by default, no longer allow anyone except the current 
>>> console user to dismiss an active password protected screen saver.
>> 
>> This is only partially correct.  Another user can log in as a second user.  
>> At the BOTTOM of the screen there is a "switch user" button
>> 
>> Chad
>> 
>> 
>>> In previous versions of Mac OS X, it was possible to enter the name of any 
>>> local administrator account credentials and bypass the screen saver, 
>>> regardless of who was currently logged into the console. 
>>> 
>>> In this environment computers are required to be locked so IT maintains a 
>>> local master admin account on all computers so that an IT staff member 
>>> could do maintenance/troubleshooting at an end user's Mac locked with a 
>>> screen saver. The end user is not required to be present to physically 
>>> unlock the screen saver.
>>> 
>>> I believe this problem exists if you ARD in to the computer as well.
>>> 
>>> In 10.6 you would be required to edit the /etc/pam.d/screensaver file in 
>>> order for this to work but that does not work in 10.7. Part of the problem 
>>> in 10.7 is that with a locked screensaver only the credentials of the 
>>> current console user is presented and it doesn't appear that there is 
>>> anyway to switch to another admin user.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know if this behavior can be changed? Am I just missing 
>>> something really simple?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Scott
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