Article:		An Introduction to Tiger Terminal
Subject:		Password screen saver
Date:		2005-06-20 21:06:47
From:		jamesreynolds
I don't know if the background trick is safer with password on in Tiger than it was in Panther. In panther, if you did that trick with the password on, then you get a black screen and you have to force restart it or ssh in (if Remote Login is enabled) and kill the WindowServer (you can't kill the ScreenSaverEngine because it is the Security Agent that is doing the black screen thingy). I was expecting a Tiger Terminal.app update article as well. Anyway, it was ok otherwise. You did mention korn shell.

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• Password screen saver
  2005-07-06 22:42:31  Qo'noS [View]
  
  
  Workaround for the problem described here:
  
  If you have a second administrator account set up, and you have "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" enabled, you can log in to your second account and kill the process from there. To do this:
  
  1) Type Control-Eject. This brings up the Shut Down/Restart/etc. confirmation dialog.
  2) Type the letter S. That will activate the Sleep button in the dialog, putting the computer to sleep.
  3) Wake the computer back up. When the password dialog appears, click Switch User, log into your other admin account, and kill the process from there.
  
  HTH.
  
  
• Password screen saver
  2005-07-06 23:13:51  Qo'noS [View]
  
  
  A few clarifications to my post:
  
  1) Control-Eject assumes you are using an Apple keyboard. On the Apple Pro, Eject is the top right key.
  
  2) You're doing this blind, of course, because your screen is black. But it does work... because I got into this very fix using Panther, and this is precisely how I got out of it.