Force "Require password" option

Just curious if there is a way to not allow the user to change the "Require password" option (Security Prefs/General) in Lion (10.7.3). If I make the user managed by the server I could disable the pane, but I'd rather than do that in this case. Any way to do it with a standalone machine? I want to force the Require password option and not allow the user to disable it.
Thanks.

My bad, saw the lock and assumed, didn't try it out on a non-admin account. Just did and its as you say.
You could make the user managed, turn on parental controls and not allow the user to run System Preferences but that seems a bit draconian.
It is possible by playing around with file permissions on the files that hold the prefs to prevent a user from changing these settings.  I was once able to help a user that wanted to prevent users from changing the Screensaver timeout value without also disabling other preference settings.  See How do I force a screensaver timeout?
Something similar might work in your case
regards

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