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How to let a user login or enter his password again when idle for minutes in CentOs? thanks,,if there's no option for these in CentOs, then maybe you can suggest how to make a program that behaves like this,,thank you! =)

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What is the desktop environment you are using???? gnome???? – user637152 Jul 11 '12 at 8:53
yes,,it's GNOME...=) – trguapo Jul 11 '12 at 9:10
You can use xscreensaver. – user315052 Jul 11 '12 at 9:20

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

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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! =) – trguapo Jul 11 '12 at 9:36

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