On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:15:13 +1000 Chuckles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hi all, > > Whats the current level of functionality of the screen lock? All it does > on my system is bring up the screen saver, I can no longer set a > password (or should i say i don't know how to set the password....). Is > this where things are on the cvs right now or am i missing something? you need pam support built (e has to detect libpam) to use your system (users) password. some os's don't like this unless e runs as root - so it won't work (bsd). linux is happy and can authenticate (well most linux distribution users seem happy) (i consider this more of a bsd problem in and of itself as this basically means only root can authenticate your own password, and i'd have to add an unnecessary suid root backdoor to e to do this). i disabled the personal password stuff because its a security problem (that password is held in e's config files - no safety or encryption). > Regards > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
