Question reguarding login/password.

Is it possible to have your login/password come up automatically after a certain amount of time of being idle? Sometimes I leave my computer with something rendering, and I was wondering after a few hours if it's possible that screen would come up?

Is this something you want to have happen? Or are you finding that your computer it logging itself out at random times and you want it to stop doing that?
If you want it to happen, then no, not precisely. Applications quit when the user logs out, so you wouldn't want that to happen in the middle of a long render. What you can do is set the screen saver to an appropriate time and require (in the Security system preference) the password to exit the screen saver. It's not perfectly secure, but it would keep out the casual user.
If, on the other hand, you're finding your system logging itself out after a while, post back with details on your system and OS version and perhaps someone can offer a useful diagnosis and suggestion.

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