Password lock only when lid closed

I'm reviving an old thread here to see if this is possible in Lion before I upgrade. Here is the original question from Haiiyaa as he stated it most succinctly:
Hi,
I have a MacBook. I am trying to find a way so that the computer prompts me for a password only when i close the lid . Not everytime the monitor goes into screensaver or sleep mode. I have looked for a solution for this all over the web, and it just doesn't seem possible. I am surprised that is the case. Isn't it a little annoying that you have to log in everytime the computer screensaver comes on?
Especially when I am in battery mode, the laptop goes into sleep mode very quickly. I don't want to log in everytime i need to use the laptop.
Thanks
Here are the two threads which covered it in 10.6. The answer was that this can't be done.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2133777?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/10075887#10075887
Anyone have any new ideas?
Thanks,
M

Hi Matthew,
I'm sorry to say I have no answer, but I'm also searching a solution. Even though it seems to be poorly understood by most people, and appears relatively minor on the surface, I see it as a huge gaping security hole.
Take for example the following:
During the evening, I'm at home, around, making dinner and occasionally using my computer. It's open, on my desk, and is secure by the sheer virtue of there being nobody with access to it at that time. It may be hours between uses, but I don't ever want to be bothered for my password.
But, the moment I step out of the flat, or at a coffee shop, or if my bag is stolen, or when only my roommates are home, I want that thing to be locked. And I want that lock to be really, really easy to engage, in which I think that closing the lid is the simplest, quickest, and most visibe at a glance. No menus, hotkeys, dialogues, delays, etc..
So in summary, we want the same behaviour, which was really freaking easy in 10.5.x, and has been unceremoniously yanked out from our favourite os.
Booo!! Hisss!!

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Password lock only when lid is closed.

Hi,
I have a MacBook. I am trying to find a way so that the computer prompts me for a password only when i close the lid . Not everytime the monitor goes into screensaver or sleep mode. I have looked for a solution for this all over the web, and it just doesn't seem possible. I am surprised that is the case. Isn't it a little annoying that you have to log in everytime the computer screensaver comes on?
Especially when I am in battery mode, the laptop goes into sleep mode very quickly. I don't want to log in everytime i need to use the laptop.
Thanks

AAPL - can you explain what those settings are? As Haiyaa states, the Security preferences do not seem to be able to handle that situation.
In that preference pane, in the General Tab, the only pertinent option is "Require password [option menu] after sleep or screen saver begins." If you check that box, it requires a password when either waking from sleep or when the screen saver appears. Also, most annoyingly, if you have the setting for the monitor to sleep, which isn't the same things as either actual sleep or the screen saver, and it's getting annoying that I'm trying to save power and must type in my password, even though I'm also in a school setting and need a password protection for when I put it to sleep.
In any case, if the box is unchecked, then it doesn't require a password for either sleep OR for the screen saver (or for the monitor sleep).
So if you could shed light on what your settings are that allows you to only enter a password when waking from sleep, it would be much appreciated.

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I bought the MacBook Pro about 3 years ago. Never had problems with the fan until now.
Normally, I never do anything major on the MacBook, just browsing and editing photos. So the fan hardly gets used during me using it. But the weirdest thing happened lately when the fan start going when the lid is closed in sleep mode, and it really heats up hot at the bottom. This is with just Photoshop open and Internet. Nothing else running, plus the lid is closed. How is that possible? It don't even do that when I am using the MacBook, so how can it be when I am not.
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Lock computer only when computer closed

Hi,
I have a MacBook. I am trying to find a where the computer prompts me for a password only when i close the computer (not shutdown, but close the lid). Not everytime the monitor goes into screensaver or sleep mode. Is this possible?
Thanks

I believe that closing the lid forces the computer into the sleep mode.
Use a wake from sleep password, but turn off the normal sleep mode.
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