Feature requests? (UML skas patch, Lock screen and log on as another user)

[Elliot F.]

On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 14:42 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 19:37 -0700, Elliot F. wrote:
> > Excellent.  Now, is there any way to put that back as an option of the
> > "log out" screen under gnome?  I suppose I could put that as a shortcut
> > in some menu, but it makes more sense to have it under the "log out"
> > prompt.
> 
> Note that 'log in as new user' has never been in the log out dialogue
> options. Why does it make sense there? You're not actually logging out,
> you're just letting another user log in. :-)

I think you know what I mean.  Picky, picky...  :)

> The handwaving plan for this feature is to provide a 'log in as new
> user' button on the screensaver lock dialogue. So you can lock your
> screen, and someone else can log in. That'll require a GTK+/GNOME based
> lock dialogue for xscreensaver, which hasn't been done yet due to the
> raft of security issues that have to be addressed first. But when it
> happens, all the GDM infrastructure is ready and waiting for it.

Is this a feature planned for hoary, or further along?  I was going to
ask more questions along these lines, but I think I'll shut up instead,
and see what happens.  :)

Elliot