On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 11:00, Dominique Devriese wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > > On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 09:59, Dominique Devriese wrote: > >> Jeff Elkins writes: > >> > >> > Since upgrading to KDE3.2, kdm will no longer allow autologin, > >> > giving me an authentication failure. Is there a workaround for > >> > this? > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> This is a known problem. I have added the following text to > >> http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianKDE: > >> > >> ** Passwordless logins don't work in kdm. This is a known problem > >> with a known fix. Replace the file /etc/pam.d/kdm-np with the one > >> from http://www.kde-debian.org/~domi/kdm-np as an easy fix. > > > Should passwordless logins even be allowed? > > It's the admin who decides about them, so I don't see a problem.
An analogy: Should a Windows Admin be able to decide whether programs should be able to run within MS Outlook? Sure it's conventient, but it's a *huge* security hole. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA In 1929, when the Great Depresion hit, while all the other tabulating companies retrenched, Thomas Watson Sr. insisted that IBM's factories stay open and R&D spending increase. Thus, in 1935 when FDR signed the Social Security Act, and businesses and gov't had a huge need for tabulating/sorting machines, IBM was in position to dominate the industry, and did so for the next 45 years.
