[NewOldbie]

I may be missing something, but is there a way to lock up your powerbook when you put it to sleep?

There's the screen effects lockout when your screen saver kicks in, and there's always logging out before you put your PB to sleep. But I'd like to be able to put my machine to sleep and have it request a password or somesuchthing when I try to wake it up.

Just in case I lose my PB when it is being transported in sleep ya know.

[rytc]

Originally posted by NewOldbie:
I may be missing something, but is there a way to lock up your powerbook when you put it to sleep?

There's the screen effects lockout when your screen saver kicks in, and there's always logging out before you put your PB to sleep. But I'd like to be able to put my machine to sleep and have it request a password or somesuchthing when I try to wake it up.

Just in case I lose my PB when it is being transported in sleep ya know.

Those are your only two options really, turn on the screensaver password and switch it on before you sleep your laptop. Realistically IF you lose your laptop and someone wants to get into your data or just erase it so they can onsell it, neither of those optiosn are going to stop them. Unless your data is encrypted it's vulnerble if your machine is in someone else's hands.

Cheers Ry

[Angus_D]

Perhaps this will provide what you're looking for when it's finally released?

[RMXO]

go to Keychain Access

View > Show Status in Menubar

now u will see an open lock on ur menubar

hope that is what u r looking for.

[mism]

Try Sleep Tight (search on version tracker) I've found it quite good, seems to force the screensaver wake up dialog to kick in when you open the lid, works better than some similar programs I've tried.

As someone mentioned, your data is not safe and can be easily accessed by anyone with a little knowledge.

Panther will address the wake up issue and allow you to encrypt your home folder so no one will (in theory) be able to access your data.

Note that on wakeup panther asks for user name and password, I guess this is in case multiple users are logged in, its a bit of a pain though.

[NewOldbie]

Would think the guys developing the OS thought about *security*.

But then, I suppose that's what 3rd party software companies come into play.

Will check out sleep tight, but I think Panther has the basic solution at this time.

Thanks all!

[Earth Mk. II]

Originally posted by NewOldbie:
Would think the guys developing the OS thought about *security*.

As it's already been mentioned, nothing is going to stop someone from getting at your information if they have physical access to your computer - which is relatively easy to do with a laptop.

A password on wake-up would keep casual busybodies out of your stuff, but that's about it.

It's not a bad idea to have one, but don't think it increases the security of your machine at all, since you need psychical access for it to be relevant at all.