Hi and thanks for the response. I should have stated more clearly that we use KDE not Gnome. The reason for this is the oil & gas apps that our workstations users' use work best under KDE not Gnome so to keep things standard, we use KDE everywhere.
On my workstation, I see these two processes: me 8220 7283 0 15:49 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock --forcelock me 8221 8220 0 15:49 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/kblankscrn.kss -root There is no gnome-screensaver process. I have tried just using the root password to unlock the screen saver but this doesn't work. Thanks CC > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sharpe, Sam J > Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 6:13 PM > To: 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list' > Subject: [rhelv5-list] RE: Enable root to unlock screen saver (KDE) > > > I'm replacing a Solaris workstation in our data room. One of the > > 'features' the Solaris guys particularly like is the > ability for them to > > use the root password to unlock a workstation if the person > logged on is > > not around and they need to use the workstation. > CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE is > > not preferred as this logs the person out (they may be > doing important > > work). > > > > Does anyone have any ideas on doing this in EL5u2? If > figure that it'd > > be done through PAM but I've been unable to get this to work. > > My first idea was: > > Doesn't it already do this? - It definitely did on EL4, but I > don't see an evidence that this works on EL5. When the > screensaver was xscreensaver, this was as simple as setting > "allowRoot = true" in your .xscreensaver file, but I hadn't > checked gnome-screensaver. > > And then I found this: > http://markmail.org/message/gdopgs7pwcwwimpd#query:gnome-scree nsaver%20allowRoot+page:1+mid:g73o65rj2fwezaip+state:results > > Which seems to hint that gnome-screensaver needs to be SUID > for this to happen. Which it isn't (at least on this one system). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -al `which gnome-screensaver` > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 168628 Apr 2 2008 /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver > > I would test, but that virtual machine seems to have decided > that it doesn't have a screen, so locking it will be a problem! > > -- > Sam > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
