Feature changed by: Tim Edwards (tk83) Feature #312871, revision 4 Title: Auto-lock with password when screen saver kicks in. openSUSE 12.1: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Per Jessen (pjessen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: * Enable automatic screen-lock with password required. E.g. after 5mins and 10seconds respectively. * add a default "lock" button to the GUI taskbar Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To increase security. We have many and varied security- related features and policies. Requiring a password when the screen auto-locks is just common sense. An easily accessible lock button makes it more likely that a user will use it when he leaves his desk. These both ought to be the default setup. Discussion: #1: David Hodgson (jetojedno) (2011-10-09 21:27:57) Just to be clear, the proposal is just for a default on install? Or is the proposal that somewhere within the system, the screensaver with auto-lock can be made mandatory? #3: Per Jessen (pjessen) (2011-10-10 09:47:44) (reply to #1) For starters, a change of default is sufficient, but clearly it would be better to also be able deny the user the possibility to change it. That seems to be a little more intrusive than a simple change of default though. + #4: Tim Edwards (tk83) (2011-10-10 11:37:12) (reply to #3) + No it wouldn't be better to deny the user the possibility of changing + it. + Many people have their computers in environments (eg. their home) where + they don't need to lock the screen, either because they live alone or + they trust the people they live with not to stuff around with their + computer without permission. + Having it as a default is not a bad idea, as long as it's configurable + (and it is already in KDE so making it non-configurable would require + breaking a KDE feature - a big no-no). #2: David Hodgson (jetojedno) (2011-10-09 21:30:15) I would add a variant: that the screensaver (with auto-lock) is invoked on bootup auto-login, so someone starting the computer needs to put in the password, but that all the usual start-up stuff can happen in the background while doing that. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312871