Lock Screen as Root

[Matt Nesteruk]

I have used vlock in the past


vlock -a


-Matt


On 4/17/07, Bryan O'Neal <BONeal at cornerstonehome.com> wrote:
>
> I don't need sanity checking when I know I am being insane ;)
>
> But to address what is in the minds of many...  And to discourage any
> newbe's out their...
>
> Yes it is crazy to run as root. However, when I log into my test machine
> as root it is with the explicit intent of being crazy, and when I intend
> to be crazy as a regular user I end up typing my password about once
> every two minuets, which is very annoying.
>
> The machine in question does not have any credentials outside of its'
> self (unless that is what I am working on testing) and I have full
> intent of wiping it out every six months or so and starting again. I
> also monitor the box along with every device on my network for bandwidth
> and protocol usage, and my monitoring is getting better every day (thank
> mostly to all of you guys). Like I said before I understand the risk of
> utterly destroying my test boxes installation and have learned much from
> utterly destroying it several times :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Dan
> Lund
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:21 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: Lock Screen as Root
>
> Turn the monitor off...
> Honestly, what your asking is a way to stop sanity checking.
>
> On 4/16/07, Bryan O'Neal <BONeal at cornerstonehome.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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