lockdown settings not locking ability to lock screen
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Screensaver |
Fix Released
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Medium
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gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
I have the below settings in a lab, to lock the environment down, to prevent screen locking and user switching and other bad habits in this context. It is all mandatory gnome settings. I set it with
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:
/desktop/
/desktop/
/desktop/
/apps/gnome-
/apps/gnome-
/apps/gnome-
/apps/gnome-
It works fine up to a point. In the logout dialogue there is only the logout option. In the system menu there is no lock screen. In the screensaver preferences these things are greyed out. However, the ctl-alt-l default key is still able to lock the screen (or running gnome-screensaver -l).
I'm assuming gnome lockdown settings (disable_
I think one should have both the option to remove it from menus (as it does now) and a further option to actually disallow users from running it.
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-screensaver: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http:// bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 317609