How can I automatically lock the screen when idle in CentOS?

I would like it so that a user has to re-enter their password once the machine has been idle for a period of time.

If there is no option to do this in CentOs, what other solutions would allow me to achieve this?

trguapo

Posted 2012-07-11T08:43:54.140

Reputation:

What is the desktop environment you are using???? gnome???? – None – 2012-07-11T08:53:51.903

yes,,it's GNOME...=) – None – 2012-07-11T09:10:43.493

You can use xscreensaver. – None – 2012-07-11T09:20:44.963

Answers

I found the solution to this in the below link

you may need to change the ftp url's to

wget ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

and

wget ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/openmotif-2.3.1-7.2.el5.x86_64.rpm

the third URL given works fine. Just follow the instructions on the blog and you will be fine.

zain27

Posted 2012-07-11T08:43:54.140

Reputation: 51

Go to System -> Preferences -> Screensaver Then change the computer idle time and enable Lock screen when screen saver is idle settings.

Manula Waidyanatha

Posted 2012-07-11T08:43:54.140

Reputation: 136

it doesn't work for my Cent0s 5.8,,and i want to emphasize that i'm logging in as root,,I want to login as root! =) – None – 2012-07-11T09:36:48.430

try using the following commands Set the idle delay by replacing 1 with the delay you want. The time is in minutes.

gconftool-2 --type int --set /desktop/gnome/session/idle_delay 1

set the disable_lock_screen false to ask for password after idle time out or disable_lock_screen true for no password after idle timeout.

gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/lockdown/disable_lock_screen false

Govind Karmakar

Posted 2012-07-11T08:43:54.140

Reputation: 41