Alan,
> > 1) Neither xlock nor xscreensaver have such an unlocking feature.
>
> I don't understand this claim - xlock, xscreensaver & CDE lockscreen all have
> a feature to allow unlocking the screen with the root password instead of the
> locking's users password, mostly because our customers demanded it be there.
> (Whether it's on or off by default differs by OS rev & program, but they
> all have it - see "-allowroot" in xlock(1), "Dtsession*keys" in dtsession(1),
> and the allowRoot xscreensaver resource defined in LSARC 2006/446 which
> we apparently forgot to document in the man page.)
I asked both you an Mahmood in the last 6 months about
xlock and xscreensaver. Perhaps I asked the wrong question.
Perhaps I misunderstood the answer.
Yes, by default dtsession (which is being left behind along with
the rest of CDE ;-(, implements and enables root unlock by default.
Gary..
