[SmartcardServices-Users] Activate screensaver with token

[Jim Thomas]

Lance,

Which OS are you using?  From having to deal with a similar problem in OS X 
10.10 Yosemite with my customers, I'm aware of a known problem on that one OS 
version.

Regards,

Jim Thomas
Senior Support Engineer
Thursby Software Systems, Inc.
jim at thursby.com


On 3/23/16 1:10 PM, Lance Terada, CTR wrote:
> Hi Shawn,
>
> Yes, I already enabled smart cards for login.  So I guess I’m having another 
> issue as I’ve set that option but my screensaver still doesn’t turn on after I 
> pull my CAC.  The read command returns correct information.
>
> sh-3.2# defaults read 
> /Users/myuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist
> {
>     askForPassword = 1;
> askForPasswordDelay = 0;
> tokenRemovalAction = 1;
> }
>
>
> Is there anything else I can check?
>
> Thanks,
> Lance
>
>
>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:47 PM, Shawn Geddis <geddis at icloud.com 
>> <mailto:geddis at icloud.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 22, 2016, at 6:09 PM, Lance Terada, CTR 
>>> <lance.terada.ctr at mhpcc.hpc.mil <mailto:lance.terada.ctr at mhpcc.hpc.mil>> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> Does anyone know how to configure activating the screensaver after pulling 
>>> your token out of the CAC reader?
>>
>> Lance,
>>
>> If you already have enabled use of smartcards for login, you can simply click 
>> on on the “Advanced…” tab at the lower right-hand corner.
>>
>> System Preferences -> Security & Privacy ->  Advanced…
>> <Screen Shot 2016-03-22 at 6.32.51 PM.png>
>>
>> This could be scripted with the following commands (Replace <username> with 
>> the actual account name):
>> (This ends up being the easiest syntax for many)
>>
>> sudo /usr/libexec/plistbuddy -c "Add:tokenRemovalAction integer 
>> 1" /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist
>> sudo /usr/libexec/plistbuddy -c "Add:askForPassword integer 
>> 1" /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist
>> sudo /usr/libexec/plistbuddy -c "Add:askForPasswordDelay integer 
>> 0" /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist
>>
>>
>> You can also READ what the settings are using ‘defaults':
>>
>> $ sudo defaults read  /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver
>>
>> Which would give you the following:
>>
>>     {
>>         askForPassword = 1;
>>         askForPasswordDelay = 0;
>>         tokenRemovalAction = 1;
>>     }
>>
>>
>>
>> - Shawn
>> _____________________________________________________________________
>> Shawn Geddisgeddis@{Mac | Me | iCloud}.com
>> Security and Certifications Engineer, Apple geddis at apple.com 
>> <mailto:geddis at apple.com>
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