Feature added by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Feature #312876, revision 1 Title: Deny individual users' access to screen-saver settings openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: This is an extension of feature#312871, but because it's a little more involved than changing a simple default, I thought it would be better to have a separate feature request. The screen-saver settings for time-out and "require password" are security settings that really should not be freely available to the individual user. I propose that we 1) set a reasonable default (60sec, 15sec, always require passwd) (see feature#312871) and 2) only let these settings be modified by someone with root-access. To a regular user, the timeout and "require password" settings should appear "greyed out", clearly indicating "not available". Use Case: Office user - the user is able to select a screen-saver, but the other settings cannot be accessed, accidentally or otherwise. The install or admin person need not change anything to get a sane security setup for the desktop. SOHO or home users - same as above, but the default screen-saver settings may be changed by switching to root access. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: This is simply a reasonable security measure, fitting nicely into the overall security-conscious profile of openSUSE. Security measures (firewall, apparmor, encryption etc) are typically accessible only with root-access; it's only sensible that we apply this principle to the screen-saver settings too. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312876