Re: GDM login without using a password

2008-11-04 Thread Roey Dror
> > Is there any other pam module which can supply a passwordless login? > maybe pam_guest? > I figured it out. Adding this line: authsufficient pam_guest.soguests=username nopass to /etc/pam.d/gdm did the trick. -- Roey _

Re: GDM login without using a password

2008-11-04 Thread Roey Dror
> > OK the pam stuff that is talked about online is found in /etc/pam.d/gdm. > I have seen a few suggestions to change the auth to optional instead of > required. However there would be nothing to stop some one logging in as > root through gdm. > Is there any other pam module which can supply a p

GDM login without using a password

2008-11-04 Thread Roey Dror
I've searched around the internet for a way to allow a user to login into GDM without using a password. I know that GDM has an automatic login feature, but that's not what I'm looking. I really do not wish to create a user with an empty password, in order not to compromise the entire system securit

Re: GDM login without using a password

2008-11-04 Thread Craig Butler
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:02 +0200, Roey Dror wrote: > I've searched around the internet for a way to allow a user to login > into GDM without using a password. > I know that GDM has an automatic login feature, but that's not what I'm > looking. > I really do not wish to create a user with an emp

Re: GDM login without using a password

2008-11-04 Thread Roey Dror
> AFAIK the automatic login feature allows you to nominate a user to > automatically log in as... it doesn't ask for the password but I think > one can be set (so it doesn't need to be empty). As I said, the automatic login feature is not what I'm looking for. I need to set up more than one user t

Re: GDM login without using a password

2008-11-04 Thread Craig Butler
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:32 +0200, Roey Dror wrote: > > AFAIK the automatic login feature allows you to nominate a user to > > automatically log in as... it doesn't ask for the password but I think > > one can be set (so it doesn't need to be empty). > > As I said, the automatic login feature is n