Come on, this is also affecting Ubuntu 13.04 beta 1. It's too important guys, I'm trying to convience anyone I know to change from windows to Ubuntu but when the time comes for the question "Oh great OS but can I login without password?" I feel so embarassed to say "no because if you try so you 'll be locked out of your system"....
Most windows users don't use any password to login or give Administration privilleges! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993217 Title: Log in without password option breaks the authentication right of the specific user Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: >>lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 >>apt-cache policy gnome-control-center gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >>What you expected to happen Changing my own user profile to not require a password on log in, should completely remove the existing password.. >>What happened instead I have changed my own user profile to not require a password and log me in automatically. What happened is, once I'm logged in, I find my password is not accepted when I'm trying to install an application or make changes to user accounts. This bug is also mentioned in this question of askubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/questions/128213/admin-password-authenticates-to- log-in-but-not-to-install-apps-or-change-user-a/ I've proposed there a solution, which worked for me, but I believe that it is important to report this question as bug to launchpad. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 2 14:46:12 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XsessionErrors: (compiz:2352): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed (gnome-settings-daemon:2335): power-plugin-WARNING **: was instructed to play a sound loop with one already playing usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu2 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5 indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/993217/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
