2009/1/26 Daniel Pittman <dan...@rimspace.net>: > I don't know about you, but I occasionally leave my laptop unattended, > and while the KDE screen-saver locks it, it also offers the "switch > user" option. >
Thank. I _never_ leave the machine unattended. It would be stolen immediately. > Using that someone could trivially open a new KDM login prompt, hit > return, and have access to your identity. Not much fun. > My identity? They can have it! In any case, once they have the hardware, even a password prompt at the KDM won't help if that is what they want. > A lot of Unix security assumes that you prompt for authentication before > allowing access to a user account; while you can violate that you will > find that it does[1] open security holes by violating upstream > maintainers assumptions. > This is exactly why I asked! I would like to know if there are some hidden gotchas that I am not aware about, besides the obvious.. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
