Lock Screen Server 12.10

[Colin Law]

On 5 February 2013 09:20, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 5 February 2013 04:49, Fabian von Romberg <fromberg100 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks for the reply.  I tried that, the screen gets lock but when I move the mouse the screen gets unlocked and I never get asked to type for password.
>
> In Brightness and Lock tell us all the settings you have set there.
>
> Also make sure that you have not got a screensaver active which may be
> what you are seeing rather than the screen lock.

Having tried it I can't get it to ask for my password either.  I can't
find a bug for it in Launchpad but it should be reported and marked as
a security issue.  I am using 12.10 32 bit desktop.

Colin

>
> Colin
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Fabian
>>
>> On 02/04/2013 12:22 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Fabian von Romberg
>>> <fromberg100 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Im running Ubuntu 12.10 Server. When Im logged as root and I lock
>>>> the screen with CTRL + ALT + L, I see a black screen, but when I
>>>> move the mouse and hit any key, I get back to my desktop without
>>>> being prompt for the root password. How can I make so when I lock
>>>> the screen root password must be entered.
>>>
>>> (A *server* with a mouse and ctrl-alt-l?!)
>>>
>>> Check the settings in the "Brightness and Lock" panel in "System Settings".
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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