full-disclosure - MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with password and get the desktop back

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From: kluge at fujitsu.com.au (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with
	password and get the desktop back

On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 00:23, Delfim Machado wrote:
> i don't know the exact amount of characters, only that if you leave a
> key pressed for 5 minutes or more and then hit the enter key, you
> crash the screensaver and gain access to the desktop.

Yeah, my little boy (3 y.o) discovered that too, a while ago (10.1.5,
on an iLamp).

Cheers
Steffen.