autologin; was Re: user authentication for a secure laptop.
From: Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:06:25 +1100
> 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
Here,
lxde metapackage 4+nmu1
task-lxde-desktop 3.14.1
lightdm 1.2.2-4
kernel 3.2.0-4-686-pae
Today autologin works immediately with no difficulty.
In my half-conscious state yesterday, might have neglected
to save the edit on lightdm.conf before closing.
> make sure the instances you change are *not* the first ones in
> that file - they're just for documentation purposes.
Caught that yesterday, thanks. Apart from making the text a little
more difficult to read, I don't see an advantage to the layout.
From: Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:16:40 +1100
Message-id: <[🔎] 5445A5E8.3000701@gmail.com>
> Given that it's a single user machine - why use a dm at all?
In aptitude, the signal to remove lightdm invokes a dependancy
conflict with resolutions, "Remove task-lxde-desktop" or "cancel
removal of lightdm". For now I want to keep the desktop
environment and will leave lightdm with autologin. Eventually
might ditch the DE.
Thanks, ... Peter E.
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