Feature #8384

Investigate how other live/privacy distros do screen locking

Added by Anonymous 2014-12-03 21:40:47 . Updated 2014-12-30 23:40:29 .

Status:
Resolved
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Elevated
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Start date:
2014-12-03
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Type of work:
Research
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Description

  • Which password do they use?
  • Where/how is it stored?

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History

#1 Updated by Anonymous 2014-12-03 21:41:05

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2014-12-04 00:44:29

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

#3 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-07 10:33:59

  • Assignee set to sajolida

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-20 12:35:24

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-12-20 12:35:52

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

#6 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-29 21:22:19

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

#7 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-30 19:51:32

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (sajolida)

Here are my results, the overall impression is pretty bad. The only live distro I could lock the screen is Kali with its default password.

  • Knoppix: No password whatsoever, so not possible to lock (or unlock!). See http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Getting-Started-with-Knoppix-7.3
  • Grml: No integrate screen locker, no xlock.
  • Jondo: Ask for user password on boot, then I didn’t find a way of locking the screen. No xlock.
  • LPS: No integrated screenlocker, nothing in the user guide. No xlock.
  • Kali: Lock screen through GNOME and the default password (toor).
  • Elive: Graphical problem in libvirt. Don’t start from USB either, no documentation. Couldn’t test.
  • Tanglu: Lock screen through GNOME and the default password (live).
  • Debian Live: Lock screen through GNOME and the default password (live).

#8 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-30 20:03:33

  • Status changed from Resolved to In Progress

#9 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-30 23:40:29

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved