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[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14-07-07 07:09 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 12:20:56AM +0200, Alexander Sack wrote:
> 
>>>> Sure, you enable a password/PIN on the lock screen.
> 
>>> I may be misunderstanding; does this imply that one must enable
>>> password-based unlock on the screen in order to have password-based sudo
>>> over adb?  I would not like to have to password unlock my phone for each
>>> use, but would like sudo to work - the two use cases are obviously (to me)
>>> not equivalent.
> 
>> Yes, my understanding is that you have to unlock your phone on screen
>> in order to adb shell into it.
> 
> Right, but that wasn't my question.  I don't want to use a password to
> unlock my phone screen.  I *do* want a password for sudo use over adb.  Is
> this supported, or not?
> 

No, in the current design it would not be supported. Just like having an ssh
password different than your lock screen password isn't a supported
configuration today on the desktop.

Marc.