On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 08:21:38PM -0500, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: >>> Sadly, even though I am root on the systems involved -- the tweak we >>> really need here is extending screen's builtin lock to support the >>> password stored in .screenrc >> >> Clearly I don't know what you're talking about, because what I *thought* >> you were talking about works as you ask for. >> >> Namely, I run :password interactively to generate a hashed password in >> the default register. I use C-a ] to paste it into .screenrc, as in >> >> password ASDFASDFASDF > > Yes, and it's used as a password on screen-reattach. Not when > screen is locked.
My experimental evidence directly contradicts your assertion. > I would like screen's built-in-lock to use that same password. > >> Later, in either the current or a new screen session, I run >> :lockscreen. It blanks the screen, changing it to >> >> Screen used by Trent W. Buck <twb> >> Password: >> Screen password: >> >> The first prompt is for my login password. THE SECOND PROMPT IS FOR MY >> SCREEN PASSWORD. > > Exactly, it's asking for your login password. It asks for *both* the login password and the screen session password. >> echo password ASDFASDFASDF >~/.screenrc.secret >> echo source ~/.screerc.secret >>~/.screenrc > > And which PAM module would that use? Which facility, for that matter? It doesn't use PAM, because it's not a system-wide password. It's a separate per-session password specific to Screen. Screen prompts for the login password before the session password, and the former COULD be gotten via PAM. _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
