I'd like to know this too! I use DWM and as a workaround I use slock to manually lock the screen http://tools.suckless.org/slock/ However I haven't gotten it to work with sssd (or passwords not stored in normal local unix storage). I don't think this would work on a larger scale though.
// Johan > From: "Michael Rainey (Contractor)" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:59:25 PM > Subject: GDM with alternative desktop environments. > Greeting Community > I currently have several workstations running SL7.2 and have users running > different desktop environments. (i. e. GNOME-Shell, XFCE, and KDE). When a > user > chooses to use XFCE or KDE we are forced to additional applications such as > xscreensaver to lock the screen. Since we are also implementing smart card > access on our systems along with using IPA for authentication, it has become > evident will need GDM's lock screen feature. Is there a way to call the GDM > lock screen from within XFCE or KDE? > I have found one recommended solution using the dbus-launch command, but it > does > not work because it looking for a ScreenLock object which does not exist. > Any suggestions or solutions you may have will be greatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > -- > Michael Rainey
