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Re: [opensuse] Hibernate on Lid-close - OpenSuSE 10.2
  • From: Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:09:38 -0800
  • Message-id: <1167955778.8002.12.camel@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 15:53 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Saturday 30 December 2006 16:11, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 18:09 -0700, jim barnes wrote:
> > > You'll find that in /etc/sysconfig/powersave/events
> > > Look for EVENT_BUTTON_LID_CLOSED="screen_saver"
> > > Change to any value such:
> > > Possible Values: notify, wm_shutdown, wm_logout, standby,
> > > suspend_to_disk, suspend_to_ram, screen_saver, switch_vt, ignore or any
> > > value
> > >
> > > Also available via YaST>System>/etc/sysconfig Editor
> >
> > Amazing now a laptop can shut down when closed. I had always wondered
> > how that security hole would be closed.
>
> I am confused as to what you mean by "security hole" when referring to the
> laptop closing.

Simple remaining logged in when the laptop is closed so that anyone who
opened the laptop would automatically be able to access your system
without logging in.

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