Lock Screen as Root

[Bryan O'Neal]

Is their any way to lock your screen when logged in as root on FC6?

 

Let us say that I often log into my FC boxes as root. (Mostly to get
VMWare WS 5.5 to do direct hardware access, but other things as well)
Let us also pretend I like it this way and fully understand the risk I
take and still believe that it is worth the risk.  That said, I would
like to lock one of the workstations as root.  As we all know
xscreensaver will not let me do this as there is a security bug that
could allow others with counsel access to gain root without the root
password.  Again, it is a risk I am willing to take (especially since if
you have physical access you can gain the root password on FC6 using the
install CD and Linux rescue; and again with physical access you can
reset the bios password to) All that said, I still would like to lock my
screen while logged in as root.  And I would like something that is
reasonably stable, like running Beryl, VMWare, FireFox, or most other
programs as root.  

 

I have heard of ways to force xscreensaver to use the lock screen plugin
as root, but have not been able to find anything in my google search to
describe how.  Any Ideas?

 

 

 

 

Bryan O'Neal
Cornerstone Homes & Development, Inc.
4220 E. McDowell Rd Ste. #108
Mesa, AZ 85215
(480) 505-1900 

 

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