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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] HotSync is disabled while the screen is locked.
From:       Adriaan de Groot <adridg () cs ! kun ! nl>
Date:       2004-04-28 15:53:06
Message-ID: 200404281753.17609.adridg () cs ! kun ! nl
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On Wednesday 28 April 2004 17:17, Martin Stubenschrott wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 April 2004 17:04, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
> > That was added as a security measure. It means that when the KDE
> > screensaver is active, KPilot will refuse to sync the Pilot, on the
> > grounds that the user is "away" and somebody else is apparently attaching
> > a Pilot to the machine in an attempt to steal data.
>
> thanks for the quick clarification, I was not sure _which_ screen (my
> palm's screen or my computer's screen) should be locked.

I'll try to clarify the wording on that message.

> > and buggy. I'll have to take a look at the code at home to see which
> > config option it is that you need to change.
>
> Maybe it helps, if tell you that I am not using the "full" kde package, but
> use Ion (a lightweight window manager), and just start "kdeinit" when
> starting the X server, than "kpilot" manually from the command line.
>
> As a quick workaround, maybe just add an option to disable this security
> feature, if not needed.

Oh, it's already there. From the source:


    <entry name="ScreenlockSecure" type="Bool">
        <label>Prevent HotSync when screen locked</label>
        <description>Turning this option on prevents syncing
        when the screen is locked. This is a security measure
        to prevent people from stealing your data through physical
        access to a Pilot device link to your machine.
        It doesn't work with screensavers other than KDE, though,
        so you will need to turn it off for other environments.</description>
        <default>true</default>
    </entry>

It's the default value of "true" that's getting to you. And of course there's 
no GUI to configure it at all right now. Anyway, the solution is to add

	ScreenlockSecure=false

to the [General] section of kpilotrc, which is probably at 
~/.kde/share/config/kpilotrc.


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