> Hi all,
>
> during the research around kdesktop_lock I found that kdesktoplockcontrol
> (formerly pipe, now socket) can never work. Pipe / socket is created in
> folder /tmp/tdesocket-global, but into this folder can enter and write
> only 'root'. The folder is created with permissions 0644, which is a bit
> unusual for the folders.
>
> I also noticed (when I was allowed to write to the folder tdesocket-global
> also for others) that kdesktoplockcontrol and kdesktoplockcontrol_out are
> created but never removed.
>
> Please can anyone confirm my findings?
> How kdesktoplockcontrol was intended?
> Currently obviously can never work.
>
> Slavek

Much of this has been fixed in GIT.  The pipes are rarely used, which is
why they became non-functional without detection some time ago, but are
part of the smart card login system.

Tim