System not asking for password at resume
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System not asking for password at resume
My Linux Mint Mate installation doesn't ask for password at resume from suspension.
How is it possible? I do not understand whether the settings are right or not.
Which are the exact settings I have to change to be sure the system is not so unprotected when I close the laptop lid or suspend?
Thank you in advance
How is it possible? I do not understand whether the settings are right or not.
Which are the exact settings I have to change to be sure the system is not so unprotected when I close the laptop lid or suspend?
Thank you in advance
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- Spearmint2
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Re: System not asking for password at resume
Menu > All Applications > Users and Groups >
highlight your user name if not already done. Click on password, ask on login.
Uncheck "don't ask for password on login"
highlight your user name if not already done. Click on password, ask on login.
Uncheck "don't ask for password on login"
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Re: System not asking for password at resume
Very strange: my settings seem to be right according to what you wrote @Spearmint2
but if the laptop lid is closed or I suspend the system, it will not ask the password at resume. It is a bug or my system is broken.
How to understand what's wrong? How can I solve manually?
but if the laptop lid is closed or I suspend the system, it will not ask the password at resume. It is a bug or my system is broken.
How to understand what's wrong? How can I solve manually?
- Spearmint2
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Re: System not asking for password at resume
Try this. Press CTRL-ALT-L and see if that will lock it.
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- Spearmint2
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Re: System not asking for password at resume
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175610274/
https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend
others having problems with suspend in version 18, maybe kernel related. The second link may work for you.
https://wiki.debian.org/Suspend
others having problems with suspend in version 18, maybe kernel related. The second link may work for you.
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- Spearmint2
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Re: System not asking for password at resume
open termina and enter commandamaci wrote:@Spearmint2
Yes, it locks
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dconf-editor
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sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
You should arrive at ubuntu-lock-on-suspend. Put an X in that box.
See if it works now.
If not, use the lock method I gave you above each time till it's fixed.
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Re: System not asking for password at resume
Try setting your Screensaver Preferences to 'Lock screen'
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Re: System not asking for password at resume
@all41 it worked but I think it is still a bug, so they have to fix it.
Re: System not asking for password at resume
i encounter a similar problem, specifically when i first enter suspension with a *second screen* plugged in, which i *unplug while in suspension*: then, there is no password question at resume, but full access to programs and filesystem. though keyboard and right mouse clicks are disabled, left mouse clicks are working opening up a security leak. i reported it as https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1734548
Re: System not asking for password at resume
i fear mate-screensaver, same as gnome-screensaver or cinnamon-screensaver, will stay insecure for a longer time period.
how to uninstall it? (without removing mate-meta) and replace it completely by a screen lock that works better?
i installed i3lock but could not even get it to run as daemon process.
then i installed and configured xscreensaver to run as daemon process instead of mate-screensver, but it did not screenlock with suspension/closing the laptop lid, so the screen kept unlocked after reopening.
how to uninstall it? (without removing mate-meta) and replace it completely by a screen lock that works better?
i installed i3lock but could not even get it to run as daemon process.
then i installed and configured xscreensaver to run as daemon process instead of mate-screensver, but it did not screenlock with suspension/closing the laptop lid, so the screen kept unlocked after reopening.