Bug#863500: sddm: SDDM doesn't allow empty password field for passwordless account
Package: sddm
Version: 0.14.0-4
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
I did 'passwd -d' and activated autologin. It start seamlessly, but when I try to
logout and relogin using i3-wm, SDDM ask for password. Supposedly, 'passwd -d'
made the password empty, but SDDM doesn't allow empty password field; it shows
"Failed Login".
Currently, I'm unable to relogin after logout, so I can't use a different DE. The
only workaround to relogin is start tty1 as root and do 'systemctl restart sddm.service'.
This make SDDM to start in autologin mode, and I get back to Plasma without typing my
password.
I think SDDM should allow me to login without asking password, or at least allow empty
password field.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64
(x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages sddm depends on:
ii adduser 3.115
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.61
ii libc6 2.24-10
ii libgcc1 1:6.3.0-18
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.5
ii libqt5core5a 5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1
ii libqt5dbus5 5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1
ii libqt5gui5 5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1
ii libqt5network5 5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1
ii libqt5qml5 5.7.1-2+b2
ii libqt5quick5 5.7.1-2+b2
ii libstdc++6 6.3.0-18
ii libsystemd0 232-23
ii libxcb-xkb1 1.12-1
ii libxcb1 1.12-1
ii qml-module-qtquick2 5.7.1-2+b2
ii x11-common 1:7.7+19
ii xserver-xorg [xserver] 1:7.7+19
Versions of packages sddm recommends:
ii libpam-systemd 232-23
ii sddm-theme-breeze [sddm-theme] 4:5.8.6-2
ii sddm-theme-debian-breeze [sddm-theme] 4:5.8.6-2
ii sddm-theme-debian-maui [sddm-theme] 0.14.0-4
Versions of packages sddm suggests:
ii libpam-kwallet5 5.8.4-1
-- debconf information:
sddm/daemon_name: /usr/bin/sddm
* shared/default-x-display-manager: sddm
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