"Charles E. Suprin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > My machine using potato is configured so that the xscreensaver turns on > when I am inactive. However there are other times when I use xlock to > lock the display manually. When I do this xscreensaver kicks on and I > am forced to enter my password twice. > > The problem is that a plaintext copy of my password end up sitting on > the command line of one of my xterm's.
You might want to look into xautolock in non-free. It will turn on the screensaver and lock the display after a timeout. It can also be configured to lock whenever you move the cursor into a specified corner, so you don't need to run xlock. -- Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
