Require password after wake or screensaver?

If my screen saver starts or my computer goes to sleep, I would like my computer to require password login upon wake? I've searched around various screen saver and power saver options, but I am not seeing this option. Can this be done?

Hi Norm,
System Preferences>Security, first one on the bottom half, check Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver.

Similar Messages

Change "require password to wake this computer from sleep or screensaver"

Does anyone know how to change the checkbox in sys prefs > security > require password to wake this computer from sleep or screensaver via cli?
I would like to always have this enabled, but individual users can shut this off...
Thanks

Code an AppleScript using the SystemsEvents>SecuritySuite>SecurityPreferencesObject>RequirePasswordtoWake then use the cli 'open' to run it?

How to use Lion Server Profile Manager to require password after screensaver

Our Company is upgrading to Lion server. One of our requirments for network security is to require a password to wake the computer from sleep or screensaver. In SL Server you would add a key to the com.apple.screensaver entery in workgroup manager.
In Profile Manager in Lion server there is a custom setting section and I have tried adding a key there but it does not seem to work. Can anyone offer some help on how to put the require password to wake from sleep or screensaver in Profile Manager so the setting gets pushed out?

Hi CodyCodes,
Just discovered the same issue today as well. Further complicating things, the screensaver timeout setting in Login Window doesn't apply to Profile Manager clients no matter what the setting. This was reproduced and confirmed by the Apple Tech I was working with. He's submitted the bug to their engineering staff. I requested that he ask them why there is no setting for password on sleep or screensaver. Hopefully this is resolved soon, as this feature is 99% of the reason we're implementing Profile Manager to begin with.
Cheers

Require password to wake from sleep is broken

Recently, the security setting "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" stopped working for me. Seems like it was around 10.4.6.
Now, whenever my mac is asleep or in SS, just moving the mouse gets me back to log in.
I have automatic login disabled.
I suspect that something is running on the mac that is making the mechanism think that the machine is still active or something, but I don't know how to go about figuring that out.

I tto am having seeing this problem again just now, and agree that the culprit must be some dark process...
I have seen this behaviour come and go in the past, tried all the suggested 'fixes', and have to say that I see no correlation between the two.
I was obliged to perform a 'clean system install' several days ago (never before have I needed to do that on OS X - the machine was and is on 10.4.8) - only this problem arrived after that. My Powerbook Ti-DVI has, both before and since the OS re-installation, had extraordinary difficulty with restarts, let alone sleep, and MirrorAgent is most often the cause (iDisk synchronisation)...
cannot say whether that might be related.

User ARD to tun on Require password at wake

I'm looking for a command to check the box in Preferences--Security & Privacy Require password after screensaver or sleep begins.
and set the time to 5 seconds.
There should be a pretty simple command i can push out over ARD or preference flag i can set?
I have 10.9 and 10.8 machines but i (hope) the command will work on both.
Thanks!

For your computer to prompt you for a password when it returns from standby, you must select the "Prompt for password when computer goes off standby" check box on the Power Options Advanced tab:
1. Start the Power Options Control Panel applet (Start, Settings, Control Panel, Power Options).
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Check the "Prompt for password when computer goes off standby" check box.
4. Click OK.

"Require password after screen saver begins" & "Start Screen Saver"

Hello All,
Can someone tell me what the UNIX command strings are to set 1) "Require password after screen saver begins" on, 2) "Start Screen Saver" to 15 minutes and (3) "Disable remote control infrared receiver" via ARD? I have over 100 clients and it would be nice to issue the commands instead of walking up to each Mac spread all over the campus. Most of the clients are running 3.3.1. Thanks!
Mike
Message was edited by: binkysdad

Hello, Mike
There may be a command and the UNIX forums would be the place to really find the answer.
The problem is that each User has their own Screen Saver and Security settings. They are not global settings. If ARD is set up to access all of the other systems, then you can do it right from your office and flag which ones have been configured with the new settings with labels.

How can I require a password to change the "Require password after sleep or screen saver begins" setting

My son has a habit of disabling the "Require password after sleep or screen saver begins" setting whenever my wife lets him play a game on her account. I notice every other setting on the "Security & Privacy -> General" tab is protected by the lock on the lower left corner. I've never understood why this one is not. Is there any way that I can get that setting to also be controlled by the lock?

Because that setting is specific to the account currently logged in and doesn't potentially affect any others or the system itself, which is the level in general at which administrator or root access is required.
(82759)

Iphone requires password after restarting??

Hi.
My iPhone broke so my brother gave me his old 4s. I got it and it was jailbroken so i did a complete factory reset and updated it to the latest firmware. I gave it a full charge and the next day once it went to about 80% it turned off randomly, i tried turning it on, sometimes it would other times i would need to put it in charge again. It would always say once i had turned it on "Iphone requires password after restarting" so i assumed it was possibly a battery problem. So i bought a battery from ebay with decent ratings and replaced it. The iPhone no longer turns off every 10 minutes, but the battery does only last about 3-4 hours and usually once it goes to 15 or below it will turn off. Any idea what could be causing this?

I know it is normal, but is constantly restarting. As I said, this problem was happening every 10 minutes making the phone completely impractical before i replaced the battery, so changing the battery has actually made my phone usable and I actually get a good solid few hours on it whereas before i wasn't.
This would surely indicate that it is a problem other than the battery and its not really a question of the quality of the battery I have bought as the problem was persisting with the stock apple battery before hand.

Change background of "require password after waking" screen?

I have my iMac set to require password after it sits idle for a specified time. Screen saver does it's thing and then when I come back and move the mouse or hit a button, I get a totally black screen with the password field.
I would like to change the color or image of that screen. It is not the same as the "login screen." It does not show the desktop. It's plain, black.
I'm not even sure what to call this view of OSX. Anyone have any insight?

See these links for Mavericks. It might work in Lion as well.
How can I change the login screen background on Mavericks?
http://osxdaily.com/2013/11/04/change-login-screen-wallpaper-os-x-mavericks/

Requires password after screensaver

OS X 10.9 at MacBook Pro MD101
Everytime I wake up the system after screensave it requires password. Security settings are set to require password 4 hours after sleep or screen saver begins but in fact the system asks in immediately screensaver starts. Why it happens?
Moreover, if I choose cancel on a login screen the screensaver starts again but if I wake up the system it does not asks password. Strang...
Please help!

Hi, artzinoviev.
Sorry you're having trouble with your MacBook Pro requesting a password when you try and wake the machine up from sleep.
Seeing as it sounds like you have your security settings properly configured, you may want to try updating to the latest version of Mac OS X Mavericks.
The latest version is 10.9.2, and can be found in the updates tab in the App Store.
Hope this helps.

Unix command to require password to wake computer from sleep or screensaver

Yo folks,
Just as the subject says, is there a Unix command we can send that turns on the option to require password when the computer wakes from sleep or screensaver...which is the first option in System Preferences --> Security?
I looked through the systemsetup commands and didn't find anything.
Thanks!

Run the following AppleScript:
set items_1 to items -18 thru -2 of (do shell script "ifconfig en0 ether")
set items_2 to ""
repeat with this_item in items_1
if this_item is greater than ":" then
set items_2 to items_2 & this_item
end if
end repeat
set the_path to "defaults read ByHost/com.apple.screensaver." & items_2
set old_string to do shell script the_path
set new_string to (items 1 thru 6 of old_string) & "askForPassword = 1;" & (items 27 thru -1 of old_string) as string
do shell script "defaults write ByHost/com.apple.screensaver." & items_2 & " '" & new_string & "'"
The necessary plist key is part of an array, and is in a file which has the computer's Ethernet address in its file name, so the script needs to handle both tasks. This change will not show up in the GUI until the account logs out and back in.
(24015)

Screensaver always asks for password after wake

Since the update to 10.5.3, my screensaver always asks me for my password after I wake up my iMac. I have disabled the setting in the system preferences, but the password-prompt still shows up. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Many thanks in advance!
Dradts

Reset My Default Keychain finally solved my problem

Password not required immediately after wake from sleep

Every once in a while when my retina macbook pro wakes from sleep I do no need to enter my password immediately. Instead it just starts with no password required and then 5-10 seconds later it takes me to the lock screen and asks for my password. Other times it will ask for my password, start up after its entered and then 5-10 seconds later it takes me back to the lock screen and asks for my password again. Usually when it "takes me back to the login screen" it actually just makes the screen black until I press a key or move the mouse and then it "wakes up" again and shows the login screen.
Also is it common for it to hang for a while before allowing me to type my password after waking from sleep? Frequently it will take 10+ seconds before I can start typing in the password field or the clock updates etc. Its a 2.3ghz core i7 with 16GB of ram.
I have installed all updates and it should be noted that I do have the "require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins" option enabled in system preferences.

Hi Kevin,
You mention that you moved the TC's network up in priority, so you may have already done these things as well. Apologies in advance if that is the case.
If you normally use your MBP with wireless, make sure that the AirPort connection is that top of the connections list in System Preferences > Network. Click on small gear icon at the bottom of list to put the Airport connection first in line to connect so the MBP will not look for an ethernet connection first.
Click on the Airport connection to highlight it and then click Advanced. If you have other wireless networks that you can delete, use the - (minus) button to do so. Ideally, you'll only have a few networks displayed. Confirm that your wireless network name is first at the top of this network list.
Make sure there is a check mark next to Remember Networks Joined. Leave the next two check boxes blank.
Any help? My MBP connects consistently and quickly with these settings when the cover is opened.

10.5.2 and "require password to wake up"

Hi, i've updated to 10.5.2 my iBook G4. I've some problem: after 8 hour of boot (solved with hard restart, pram reset and safe boot) now I can't understand why my Mac don't ask me for password when I wake up it or exit screensaver. I try to un-set and then re-set the option in System Preference > Security, but nothing change... why?

For what it's worth, I have the exact same issue. I have a fresh install of 10.5.2, fully updated. My iMac now has two issues:
1) When the system is in sleep mode, it will wake up automatically after some time. No schedules are set, the logs do not tell me anything about what waked the system. I tried resetting PRAM etc after this, then suddenly issue 2 popped up.
2) When the system is in sleep mode, after resetting PRAM, and I wake the system again it no longer asks for a password. I have the option to require a password to wake up set, have tried selecting/deselecting it multiple times, but without success.
More people are having this issue unfortunately. If this doesn't get fixed soon, I suppose it's back to 10.4.11 and hope it doesn't break things. When I tell the system to sleep, I want it to stay asleep

System No Longer Requires Password to Wake from Sleep

Greetings all! My Mini has recently stopped asking me to supply a password when waking it from sleep. It goes into sleep with no problem, complete with the pulsing white LED. But when I wake the system (using either the keyboard or the power button), the system just wakes up without requesting authentication. In addition, if I leave the system idle for 15 or 20 minutes, the screen saver kicks in. Trouble is, settings in both "Energy Saver" and "Desktop & Screen Saver" are set to never sleep the display. (And it doesn't require a password to wake the display there either.)
I've tried unchecking and rechecking the "Require password..." option in "Security", I've tried rebooting, I've tried repairing priveleges. Nothing works. I do have a KVM switch hooked up to the system, but I don't think that's the culprit, as the system has required a password in the past with the KVM switch connected. In addition, I've had this problem occasionally in the past, and it usually comes up after I've installed a system update from Apple. In the past, it's just seemed to go away on its own, but I'd obviously like to fix it myself instead of letting it work itself out.
Anyone have any suggestions on perhaps trashing certain prefs files or anything else? Thanks!
Mac Mini 1.42GHz PPC Mac OS X (10.4.7)
Mac Mini 1.42GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

It's the same here on a recently bought MacBook Pro. Searching this forum produced quite a lot threads about this topic. But none of the solutions posted did work on my machine.
I'd like to file a formal bug report with Apple, but I did not find any bug tracking system. Is the feedback program the only way to let Apple know there is a problem?? I'd prefer if I got some feedback on my problem report...
Christoph
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Require password after wake or screensaver?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for