On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 19:11 -0400, Tim Hull wrote: > > > This is intentional, because it is a very bad idea, security > speaking, > not to lock the screen when you are not using the system. > > If you really want to do that, you can change > the /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock_on_suspend GConf key. > > OK - I guess I don't like it because Mac OS X and Windows do nothing > of the sort and it takes long enough > to resume from suspend in Debian as-is. I understand the security > risk - it definitely seems worthwhile to do this if your system is > being left in a public place - though it becomes less of a concern if > this isn't the case. In any case, it would be nice to have this as a > GUI-configurable option in g-p-m - the gconf key will do for now, > though...
The default is to use lock_use_screensaver_settings, which simply follows the screensaver settings when it comes to locking (gnome-screensaver of course) so in a way, this is already exposed in the GUI. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22
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