On Wednesday 23 February 2005 16:50, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: (snip) > > I forgot part of this. Logging off is probably a good idea. It depends > on the physical security of your system. Do you have to worry about > someone being able to walk up to your system, and accessing you files? > Do you have files that you don't want your > boyfriend/husband/kids/sister/girlfriend/etc to be able to read/delete? > If you live alone, don't have to worry about visitors accessing the > computer, and don't have any sensitive information on your computer, > then you don't have to log off. > > Personally, I consider logging off in the same class as not leaving my > checkbook or bank statement laying out. I don't really want to share > that information. > > The other consideration about logging out is that some people like to > play "practical jokes" on other people's computers. While it takes more > knowledge to do it on a Linux system, there are still some nasty tricks > you can play on a person. I can think of some interesting programs to > launch in place of the normal window manager... (Grinning about an old > DOS "floppy cleaning program", and screen inverter...) > > Mikkel Hello,
right-click on empty desktop, choose 'logout"user" ', choose 'end session only'. Anyone trying to read/delete your files will have to know your password. -- Pablo Ort�zar
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