Cheers for that

Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:15:13 +1000 Chuckles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
>
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>> 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
>>
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