screen saving is blank screen / turn off and there is no password prompt. i have never tried to lock the screen on guest account. theoretically, should it even be possible to lock the screen since guest accts use a random pwd?
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Marius Kotsbak <1059...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > I wonder if this is the responsibility of gnome screensaver. > > What happens after normal screen lock or screen saving? > > ** Package changed: gksu (Ubuntu) => gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) > > ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059625 > > Title: > guest session user prompted for password on resume from suspend > > Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > In 12.04 with latest updates. > > Steps to reproduce: > 1. start a guest session > 2. allow the computer to suspend after timeout > 3. resume the computer from suspend > 4. a password prompt prevents guest (or any) user from resuming session > > As it stands, the user must press "switch user" at #4 above to go back > to the login screen and may then re-enter the guest session from > there. > > If the way that a guest session works is that it creates a temporary > random password every time, that password should automatically be > entered at step 4 above so the user never sees the password prompt, > > OR the guest session should always be created with "require my > password when waking from suspend" unchecked. > > OR, computer should resume at login screen indicating that a guest > user is already logged in (automatically run "switch user" command > before suspend or after resume)? > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1059625/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059625 Title: guest session user prompted for password on resume from suspend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1059625/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
