Re: [dev] slock with non-system auth

[2009-12-20 12:03] Moritz Wilhelmy <crap_AT_wzff.de>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:53:02AM +0100, markus schnalke wrote:
> >
> > Maybe we could give slock a system account to check the password
> > against. Thus it must not to be the own account, but can be a special
> > slock system user, which exists just for this task.
> >
> > Unfortunately only root users will have the ability to set different
> > passwords then.
>
> And only root-users will be able to use slock then, so it doesn't
> work for people working on public machines, for instance at university.

They still can use it with their account password, but not with a
different one.

It is no solution to the problem. It was more a thought to the topic.

meillo
Received on Sun Dec 20 2009 - 11:29:48 UTC