Password button checked but not required to open screen saver or wake up

I want my iMac to require a password to wake from sleep or restore the screen. The button for this option (Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver) is checked under Security, but is not being used. I tried unclicking and reclicking the button, and I tried making sure iTunes is turned off, in case having a radio station playing prevents something from happening, but no luck. Any suggestions?
David

I have seen many threads about this over the years, and have even seen it on my own Mac (but it's working fine right now.) The long and the short of it is that I no longer trust that feature to work as advertised. Now I fast user switch to the login window before sleeping my Mac or leaving it unattended. The next person to use the Mac will need to enter the account password to get back in, so this really works just as well as what the screen saver password is supposed to do.
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