If your password doesn't preserve through logout/restart/shutdown, then you should probably fix your Screenlets script using the patch from https://bugs.launchpad.net/screenlets/+bug/569765

Download the patch file, and use "sudo patch /usr/share/pyshared/screenlets/options.py < screenlets-options.py.patch" in the directory of the patch file to patch your Screenlets scripts. Administrator password is needed to patch the system. Patch is tested under Ubuntu 9.10 with Screenlets version 0.1.2-7. It seems that patch is not needed with Ubuntu 10.04.

Tabbernuk 07/05/2010 01:22:05 
