On Thursday 04 January 2007 20:23, John Andersen wrote:
> > > > Amazing now a laptop can shut down when closed.  I had always
> > > > wondered how that security hole would be closed.
> > >
> > > I am confused as to what you mean by "security hole" when referring to
> > > the laptop closing.
> >
> > Simple remaining logged in when the laptop is closed so that anyone who
> > opened the laptop would automatically be able to access your system
> > without logging in.
>
> In my experience, Suse has always asked for a password when
> you do this.  If you disable that feature its your problem.

Yeah, even Mandrake 6 did this on my laptop when I closed the lid. (Of course, 
back then it took a lot of hand-coding to ensure the lid-closing event was 
noticed.)


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wo ist der ort für den ehrlichsten kuss
ich weiss, dass ich ihn für uns finden muss...
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