There could be a problem of bad information. Because the screen is locked, you can see it go black and you need to enter our password. But befor you do, you can either use the guest system (tested with a Windows guest) or perform arbitrary actions for a few seconds. I see that this is not really a big issue, but I think it is an inconsistency.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1124282 Title: screen lock by timeout does not affect vm Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: I have a virtualbox running a Windows 7 64 bit on my Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. If the Windows window is on focus and i am inactive, then my screen is locked after a certain amount of time and should normally ask for my password. But it only does so if a change the focus to a window other than my virtual machine. Worse than that, if I hurry after my screen should be locked, I perform some actions on my Ubuntu host before the password prompt locks the screen. So the presence of my virtualbox allows people to open a terminal on the host and type any command in the worst case. This is a security issue. Ubuntu: 12.04 64 bit Window Manager: gnome-shell VM: Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager 4.1.12_Ubuntu Screen saver: gnome-screensaver 3.4.1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-screensaver 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic 3.2.35 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Feb 13 17:19:45 2013 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GsettingsGnomeSession: org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 600 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WindowManager: No value set for `/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1124282/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
