How to restore lock screen option in settings?

Question

My lock screen option from settings is gone, and neither Windows+L nor Ctrl+Alt+L are locking the screen - they are simply turning it off. When I move the mouse, no password is prompted for before resuming operation.

How can I restore the missing locking functionality?

Using Ubuntu 17.10.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '18 at 10:40

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try this:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen false

answered Mar 14 '18 at 10:40

Gildo

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link – Gildo Mar 14 '18 at 10:41
This is the same solution as the duplicate candidate. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Mar 14 '18 at 10:54
That's right, I hadn't seen that. – Gildo Mar 14 '18 at 11:41
No worries you were probably writing the answer at the same time I was voting to close as duplicate question. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Mar 14 '18 at 11:44
That works to restore the "locl" option on the menu. ALT+F2 and then "r" to reload gnome. Won't log you out. – John Manko Dec 08 '20 at 07:16

How to restore lock screen option in settings?

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