[sylpheed:32964] Re: feature request - master password to protect all account passwords

stef stef_204 at yahoo.com
Sun May 3 05:50:24 JST 2009


logging out is indeed what I am trying to avoid tho.
I did do research and saw that one can use 
slock, etc. to lock the screen....which is good.

--- On Sat, 5/2/09, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org> wrote:

> From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org>
> Subject: Re: [sylpheed:32959] Re: feature request - master password to protect all account passwords
> To: sylpheed at sraoss.jp
> Cc: stef_204 at yahoo.com, sylpheed at sraoss.jp
> Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 1:07 PM
> On Sat, 2 May 2009 07:30:51 -0700 (PDT)
> stef <stef_204 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > The only things I can think of for a) are:
> > 
> > 1) Lock my session if I leave my desk at work; for
> those whom do not use
> > a Desktop Manager (KDE, Gnome, etc.) but only a Window
> Manager (fluxbox,
> > Openbox, etc.) it is a bit complicated.
> 
> 	Not really - xscreensaver, xlockmore, slock and probably a
> few
> others will do the job for any window manager.
> 
> > 2) Protect the .sylpheed-2.0/accountrc file with
> proper permissions:
> > 
> > Mine is:
> > % ls -l .sylpheed-2.0/accountrc
> > -rw------- 1 stef stef 10641 2009-05-01 00:09
> .sylpheed-2.0/accountrc
> > 
> > But the above doesn't help with anyone gaining
> access as "myself" when my
> > box is running but I am away from my desk.
> 
> 	Indeed but locking your screen or logging out should
> achieve that
> unless of course there are others with root access to the
> box or who know
> your password.
>  
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