Feature #8383

Research technical possibilities to implement a password prompt for screen locking

Added by Anonymous 2014-12-03 21:37:57 . Updated 2016-11-28 18:50:06 .

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Resolved
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Elevated
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Start date:
2014-12-03
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% Done:

100%

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Type of work:
Research
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Description

During the meeting of december 3rd 2014, we decided that we are not in favour of telling users to set an admin password at boot time to be able to lock their screen. Instead, we want to provide a prompt for the first screen lock of a session. This prompt should prompt the user for a password to be set, possibly a different than the admin password, and could also display a warning, telling the user that screen locking is not secure.

Possible ideas to achieve this:

1. use a different PAM config for the screensaver
2. turn the admin password into the root one, and use the user password’s as the locker’s one.

Another idea which has been raised was that for persistence users, we could actually persist a session locking password.

Intrigeri can give a hand on the PAM front, but don’t expect much. For the JS side of things, ask alan and anonym.

If no tech solutions are to be found, we should send this issue back to the UX drawing board.

Subtasks

Related issues

Has duplicate Tails - Feature #5589: Have a password-less amnesia account by default Duplicate
Blocks Tails - Feature #5878: Add a lock screen action to the system menu Resolved 2016-03-17

History

#1 Updated by Anonymous 2014-12-03 21:39:14

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2014-12-04 00:44:21

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-20 12:35:27

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-20 12:36:07

  • Priority changed from Normal to Elevated
  • Parent task set to Feature #5684

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-20 12:38:24

  • blocks Feature #8385: Investigate if other distros are interested in our screen locking solution added

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-20 12:39:13

  • related to Feature #5589: Have a password-less amnesia account by default added

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-20 12:41:15

  • blocks Feature #5878: Add a lock screen action to the system menu added

#8 Updated by sajolida 2015-01-19 15:37:30

  • blocked by deleted (Feature #8385: Investigate if other distros are interested in our screen locking solution)

#9 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 14:00:49

  • related to deleted (Feature #5589: Have a password-less amnesia account by default)

#10 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 14:01:07

  • has duplicate Feature #5589: Have a password-less amnesia account by default added

#11 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 14:02:18

  • blocked by deleted (Feature #5878: Add a lock screen action to the system menu)

#12 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 14:02:29

  • has duplicate Feature #5878: Add a lock screen action to the system menu added

#13 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 14:03:07

  • is duplicate of deleted (Feature #5878: Add a lock screen action to the system menu)

#14 Updated by BitingBird 2015-08-25 14:30:26

  • Target version set to 2017

Same milestone as parent ticket

#15 Updated by intrigeri 2015-08-26 01:27:58

  • blocks Feature #5878: Add a lock screen action to the system menu added

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2016-08-27 10:52:02

  • Target version deleted (2017)

#17 Updated by sajolida 2016-09-04 01:54:24

  • Assignee set to segfault
  • QA Check set to Info Needed

I think that this was done as part of Feature #5878.

segfault: can you confirm this and close this ticket accordingly?

#18 Updated by anonym 2016-11-28 18:50:06

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (segfault)
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100