Bug 51686 - default for xscreensaver app-defaults should be lock
Summary: default for xscreensaver app-defaults should be lock
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: xscreensaver
Version: roswell
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-08-13 20:58 UTC by Seth Vidal
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-07-27 11:58:14 UTC
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Description Seth Vidal 2001-08-13 20:58:03 UTC 
Description of Problem:

This is silly but it would be nice if the default for xscreensaver would be
to lock.

You can easily do this by editing the XScreenSaver file in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults

if you change:
*lock: False 
to
*lock: True

then it should lock by default.

yes. I know I can do this in the post installs of my systems but I think
its 1. an easy change and 2. a good security feature for it to be on by
default.
Comment 1 Jamie Zawinski 2002-07-27 06:43:27 UTC 
It would be crazy to turn on locking by default.
Comment 2 Seth Vidal 2002-07-27 11:58:09 UTC 
Why would it be crazy?
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2002-08-13 01:29:45 UTC 
This is not something where I'd think we'd deviate from a) upstream b)
established behavior.
Comment 4 Seth Vidal 2002-08-13 01:36:13 UTC 
established behavior is ipchains/iptables are not enabled - y'all have them
enabled in the installer by default, why do you do this? b/c it makes the system
more secure - the same is true for locking on the screensaver.
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