Heres a snippit from my own /etc/gdm/gdm.conf 

<snip>
LocalNoPasswordUsers=chefu,britches,guest
</snip>

Still have passwords and ssh keys, but simplifies my gdm login. So for
my home machine (which is usually logged in anyways) its great.


On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 09:38, Carl Cerecke wrote:
> I have a couple of passwordless accounts on my machine at home for my 
> wife and kids. For the kids (6 and 4), simply typing their username 
> "kids" takes some time and is error-prone, let alone typing a password 
> that they cannot see.
> 
> Is there a way that I can restrict logins of these two usernames to the 
> display manager only (gdm for RH9)? Or, perhaps, not allow ssh logins 
> unless from localhost? (I hope I haven't got telnetd running). I'm only 
> on dial-up, and the IP changes with each connection, but it is not 
> terribly difficult to get in if you know how.
> 
> I have to get it sorted now - especially when this message hits the 
> archives and gets googled :-)
> 
> Any ideas? Or should I teach them about passwords?
> 
> Cheers,
> Carl.
-- 
Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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