On Thu June 5 2003 9:49 pm, James Washer wrote: > That's the beauty of the open source model..... Grab the source, > change the behaviour, be happy. > > - jim
Besides a computeer aint' no fun if you don't crash it once in a while. Rich > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 15:24:39 -0700 > > "Robinson, Eric R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had a feeling it was something like that. I disagree with the > > approach, though. I have important production machines where I > > follow all the rules, login as user, su root, etc. I have other > > machines where I have evaluated the risk as insignificant and > > chosen to login root. It's hard to imagine I am unusual in having > > a mix like that. > > > > Insurmountable security risks? Nah. They could just have a pop-up > > that says, "You're logged in as root. Zat cool?" Just because I > > login root sometimes does not mean I don't want the edibility to > > lock my screen when I do. > > > > As far as "begging for disaster goes," I guess I should be > > frustrated. Apparently I've been begging earnestly for years and > > never received. Just lucky I guess. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nathan G. Grennan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 7:08 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [RLUG] RedHat "Lock Screen" > > > > On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 16:40, Eric Robinson wrote: > > > Hey, here's something that has annoyed me to no end, and I'm > > > sure it is just because I don't know what I am doing, but... > > > > > > I have installed various versions of Red Hat over the years, > > > from 5 through 9. The GUI has gotten better, but the "Lock > > > Screen" feature has never worked on any machine, with any > > > version (okay, maybe once, a long time ago, but never since). I > > > select it and nothing happens. It's getting kind of funny. I > > > sometimes imagine that in a few years I'll end up installing > > > Red Hat 15, and the "Lock Screen" feature will still not work. > > > What must I do to get this working? > > > > Works fine for me. Using it many times a day. > > > > > > Question 6 from the XScreensaver FAQ > > > > > > * When I'm logged in as root, xscreensaver won't lock my > > screen! > > > > Don't log in as root. > > > > Please note that xscreensaver works fine as a screen saver when > > you are logged in as root: it will not, however, lock your screen > > when you are logged in as root. This is for good and > > insurmountable security reasons. > > > > In order for it to be safe for xscreensaver to be launched by > > xdm, certain precautions had to be taken, among them that > > xscreensaver never runs as root. In particular, if it is launched > > as root (as xdm is likely to do), xscreensaver will disavow its > > privileges, and switch itself to a safe user id (such as > > ``nobody''.) > > > > An implication of this is that if you log in as root on the > > console, xscreensaver will refuse to lock the screen (because it > > can't tell the difference between root being logged in on the > > console, and a normal user being logged in on the console but > > xscreensaver having been launched by the xdm ``Xsetup'' file.) > > > > The solution to this is simple: you shouldn't be logging in on > > the console as root in the first place! (What, are you crazy or > > something?) > > > > Proper Unix hygiene dictates that you should log in as yourself, > > and su to root as necessary. People who spend their day logged in > > as root are just begging for disaster. > > > > > > > > Question 28 from XScreensaver FAQ > > > > > > * What's the difference between xscreensaver and xlock? > > > > XScreenSaver is a screen saver and a screen locker; XLock is only > > a locker. XScreenSaver is modular and extensible; XLock is > > monolithic. XScreenSaver has a secure and auditable design; > > XLock... doesn't. More details can be found on the XScreenSaver > > versus XLock page. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug -- "A man is a sucess if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan {American Songwriter} _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
