Jesse Keating wrote: > On Sunday 04 March 2007 12:10:13 Michaël Vanderheeren wrote: >> There are 2 accounts on a computer, call them A and B. Each account has >> it's own different password. >> >> Person A starts up the computer and logs in. But at a certain point >> person B wants to use his account for 5 minutes. So he uses the Fast User >> Switch. As this happens person A's account stays active. But… person B >> can switch back to person A's account without entering a password! So if >> person A is gone for a while, person B can steal his documents, delete >> files, … > > Fast User Switching by default enables the screen lock when a user is > switched > away from. Could there be a problem with your screen lock? > > Please keep in mind that any assumption of security is completely out of > the water if folks have physical access to your computer, which they must > have for fast user switching. > This comment is a bit extreme. True, in principal there is no security without physical security - but that hardly means we should offer an open invitation. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
