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How could I change the lock option for the xscreensaver from the command line?
Been looking around and couldn't find anything about it.
xscreensaver-command -lock will lock it right away, which is not what I'm looking for.
I'm using Fedora 14.

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Could you be a little more specific about what it is you are looking for/attempting to do? – jasonwryan Jan 27 '12 at 6:35
@jasonwryan I would like to be able to change some options (especially the lock) without opening the GUI. To call it from a script. – slybloty Jan 27 '12 at 13:52

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I haven't been able to find an actual command to change the lock feature, but in the configuration file .xscreensaver, located in the home folder, I've found the value of lock: lock: False

In order to modify its value, I can change the value in the config file by using the command:

sed -i 's/\(lock:\t\t\).*/\1False/' /home/username/.xscreensaver

False can be replaced with True based on the requirements.

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