Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Karl Vogel wrote: >If you don't add or delete a lot of accounts or modify /etc/passwd >frequently, could you change your password to the high-security one, >copy /etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.hi, then change it back and copy >/etc/shadow to /etc/shadow.lo? Then your password-changer c

Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-08 Thread Karl Vogel
>> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 23:40:24 -0700, >> Bob Proulx said: B> I would create a script that edited the /etc/shadow file directly and B> manipulated the encrypted passwords. Then the clear text would never B> need to exist in any form. Only the encrypted form of the password is B> needed. Use a

Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-08 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:22:06 +0100, Wojtek wrote in message <4eb85a0e.7080...@elka.pw.edu.pl>: > Hi, > > I often have to leave my students with my laptop and e.g. go to scan > some documents or to receive printed papers from the printer room. > Then I have to lock the console when leaving, and u

Re: Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Wojtek Zabolotny wrote: > I often have to leave my students with my laptop and e.g. go to scan > some documents or to receive printed papers from the printer room. > Then I have to lock the console when leaving, and unlock it when > coming back. > > As my login password is quite long, it is uncomfo

Crazy (?) idea: screen locker with simpler password

2011-11-07 Thread Wojtek Zabolotny
Hi, I often have to leave my students with my laptop and e.g. go to scan some documents or to receive printed papers from the printer room. Then I have to lock the console when leaving, and unlock it when coming back. As my login password is quite long, it is uncomfortable to enter it (especial