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I had a Gnome system for a client, where the one and only user on the machine was generic, and was used for several people. When the machine went to sleep, on resume Gnome would ask for a password, a password that the client shouldn't have, and didn't need. I wanted a way for the machine to resume, and no longer pester me for a password.

Fire up a terminal, and start gconf-editor.  Go to the Apps /gnome-power-manager / lock folder,  and de-select "suspend", "hibernate" for resuming with no password.