Re: user authentication for a secure laptop.

[Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com>]

On 21/10/14 03:10, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
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> In lightdm this has no apparent effect.
> # /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
> autologin-user=username
> autologin-user-timeout=0
> 
> Odd.  Has anyone made autologin work in lightdm?


Yes!

I just tried, and succeeded.

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xfce4 4.8.0.3
lightdm  1.2.2-4
kernel 3.2.0-4-686-pae


/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
lines 78 and 79
autologin-user=$yourUserName
autologin-user-timeout=0


NOTES: make sure the instances you change are *not* the first ones in
that file - they're just for documentation purposes. The ones you want
to change are further down beneath "# Seat defaults".
It might not be necessary to use the autologin-user-timeout setting - I
didn't test (as I removed lightdm and went back to not using a dm).


HTH

Kind regards