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Switch to login window upon sleep
This is built in to OS X (a least in 10.3). In "System Preferences", choose the "Security" icon, check "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver"
Switch to login window upon sleep
If you require a password when the computer wakes, any Admin password will do. Forcing the system back to the login window will require your password only to get back to your session.
But you're right, since the intention is to keep thieves from accessing your account, enabling "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" will do the trick. They don't have an admin password.
Switch to login window upon sleep
Password protected wake-from-sleep is built into 10.3, but from my perspective it suffers from two drawbacks:
Switch to login window upon sleep
That's precisely the point. The checkbox makes you authenticate on wake-from-sleep AND the screensaver. I've always found that annoying. I only want to authenticate on wake-from-sleep. (Actually, what I really want is my screensaver to come on after 10 minutes, but I want the password dialog only if I'm away for an hour.) |
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