Track or log screen saver locks/unlocks

Hello,
I'm looking for a way to track when folks unlock their screen savers. Is there a program or log file that can assist me here? I need to be able to do this so I can track when users are logging into their machines when they arrive to work. Most users don't logout of their machine, so the screen saver is my best option I think. I manage about 18 mac minis running 10.6.
Suggestions are welcome for tracking times other than this route as well.
Thanks in advance,
-casey

bump... hoping for some knowledge on this...

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jonathan_2005 wrote:
One of the options in the security panel permits a user to require that a username and password be entered to login once the screen saver locks your account.
The option is "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver"
Although one would assume that the credentials required to wake the computer is the username/password of the account that was being used when the computer went into sleep mode or the screen saver.
Never assume
WRONG!!! Anyone with an account on the machine can enter their username/password and wake the computer and voila that user now has control of the machine as the former user. That's right you guessed it HUGE security hole.
Anyone with a standard user account? Are you quite sure?
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