[SOLVED] After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
- warron.french
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[SOLVED] After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
Hello, I thought I had configured the 7 fabled systems, all running CentOS-6.7 with kernel-2.6.32-573.22.1, I am working on to enable a screen lock. I am sorry, but I do not remember how I did it since it was several months ago (nearly a year).
Anyway, here is the scenario:
I choose one of 2 possible methods from below to lock the system...
Method1: On the keyboard hit [CTRL]-[ALT]-[l] , or
Method2: Using the mouse click on the user name in the upper right hand corner of the GDM Desktop, and select the option for Lock Screen.
If I move the mouse, 5 seconds or 5 days later it doesn't matter, the screen automatically unlocks.
Can someone point me to a validated set of configuration steps for purposely configuring the Screen Lock feature on the GUI GDM Desktop please?
Anyway, here is the scenario:
I choose one of 2 possible methods from below to lock the system...
Method1: On the keyboard hit [CTRL]-[ALT]-[l] , or
Method2: Using the mouse click on the user name in the upper right hand corner of the GDM Desktop, and select the option for Lock Screen.
If I move the mouse, 5 seconds or 5 days later it doesn't matter, the screen automatically unlocks.
Can someone point me to a validated set of configuration steps for purposely configuring the Screen Lock feature on the GUI GDM Desktop please?
Last edited by warron.french on 2016/04/29 21:07:30, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
just a couple thoughts - 1) Account has a password? 2) Account does not auto-login? The password is actually the "lock"
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Re: After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
Hi lightman, yes the account has a password, no it does not auto-login.lightman47 wrote:just a couple thoughts - 1) Account has a password? 2) Account does not auto-login? The password is actually the "lock"
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Re: After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
Sorry - was just a shot. I don't use 6 any more and don't really remember ... anything in Settings (Power, Display, Privacy) perhaps dealing with the screen lock?
- out of ideas.
- out of ideas.
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Re: After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
Is it true that the root account's screen cannot be locked by the process I described in the initial post?
Someone told me you can't lock the screen for root - which seems silly to me.
If this is the case, then I no longer have a problem. I tested a different local account - wsf29221 - and the screen lock approach worked with no hassles or issues at all.
Someone told me you can't lock the screen for root - which seems silly to me.
If this is the case, then I no longer have a problem. I tested a different local account - wsf29221 - and the screen lock approach worked with no hassles or issues at all.
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Re: After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
I suspect because you wouldn't regularly be running as root. {just guessing}Someone told me you can't lock the screen for root - which seems silly to me.
Re: After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
That's correct, root can't be locked out. Normally you shouldn't be running a graphical session as root, so it ought not to be an issue! If you open up the screensaver preferences as root you will see a warning that the screen will not be locked for the root user. I've been trying to attach an image (without success), if you run the command as root and as an ordinary user you'll see what I mean.
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/usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-preferences
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Re: After locking screen - moving mouse disables screen-lock
MartinR, thank you for the confirmation.
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