Bug 144284
Summary: | Logout button for xscreensaver | ||
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Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | Reporter: | Andreas Jonasson <andreas> |
Component: | xscreensaver | Assignee: | Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode> |
Status: | CLOSED WONTFIX | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 3.0 | CC: | oggust, shillman |
Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | FutureFeature |
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |
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Last Closed: | 2007-10-19 19:09:56 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Andreas Jonasson
2005-01-05 16:42:33 UTC
Is there any reason that the keystrokes with which one can kill the X server (thereby forcing it to restart itself if it's started automatically) is insufficient? (referring to <ctrl> <alt> <backspace>) CTRL-ALT-backspace is a pretty good workaround. I can think of two problems however: - CTRL-ALT-backspace is not intuitive, it is a good tool for sysadms or teachers that need a quick and dirty way to kill X. We need to educate our users. Work for us that I hoped I could avoid. - Assuming you know the trick of CTRL-ALT-backspace there is nothing that prevents you from throwing someone out at any time. A student should be able to lock the screen for a couple of minutes while he gets his printouts from the printer. He should not be able to hog the computers for an hour while he goes for lunch. Ideally we need the logout button because it is intuitive and that it appears only when the machine has been locked for too long. /Andreas Internal RFE bug #144997 entered; will be considered for future releases. 4.21 has support for a "New Login" button (gdmflexiserver) on the lock dialog, so maybe that'll be sufficient. (Though on my machine, gdmflexiserver wedges X, so this is not yet enabled by default.) This bug is filed against RHEL 3, which is in maintenance phase. During the maintenance phase, only security errata and select mission critical bug fixes will be released for enterprise products. Since this bug does not meet that criteria, it is now being closed. For more information of the RHEL errata support policy, please visit: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ If you feel this bug is indeed mission critical, please contact your support representative. You may be asked to provide detailed information on how this bug is affecting you. |