[Kde-kiosk] Autologout feature

Friedrich W. H. Kossebau Friedrich.W.H at kossebau.de
Sat Aug 13 15:21:11 CEST 2005


Am Samstag, 13. August 2005 11:12, schrieb Martijn Klingens:
> On Saturday 13 August 2005 00:39, Jonathan Chen (jonachen) wrote:
> > > WARNING: Be careful with this option, logging out a user may
> > > result in dataloss!
> >
> > How does it cause dataloss?   I assume it can be caused if someone did
> > save their work and you logged them off?
>
> I assume you mean "did *NOT* save their work", and if so: yes, that will be
> the cause of dataloss.

There used to be support for automatically saving unsaved stuff within the 
session management. Can anybody tell why this was removed? Because the user 
could start another dm-type session (say, windowmaker) or non-X logins and 
have the synchronisation broken this way?

Friedrich
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