[SmartcardServices-Users] Activate screensaver with token

Lance Terada, CTR lance.terada.ctr at mhpcc.hpc.mil
Thu Mar 24 12:29:26 PDT 2016


Jim,

I’m on El Captian 10.11 and using a mobile (local) account.  

Lance



> On Mar 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, Jim Thomas <jim at thursby.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 Geddis				  			        geddis@{Mac | Me | iCloud}.com
>>> Security and Certifications Engineer, Apple                 <mailto:geddis at apple.com>geddis at apple.com <mailto:geddis at apple.com>
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