This is not a bug in lightdm itself, but rather accountsservice. For
users to be able to log in without a password, they need to be added to
the nopasswdlogin group. Once that is done, lightdm works fine.
** Changed in: lightdm
Status: New = Invalid
** Changed in: unity-greeter (Ubuntu
This bug was fixed in the package accountsservice - 0.6.13-1ubuntu3
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accountsservice (0.6.13-1ubuntu3) oneiric; urgency=low
* debian/patches/0008-nopasswdlogin-group.patch:
- When setting a user to have no password, also add them to the
'nopasswdlogin' group. LP:
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Michael Terry (mterry)
** Also affects: lightdm (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Michael Terry (mterry)
Status: Confirmed
** Also affects: unity-greeter (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Importance: Undecided
** Changed in: lightdm (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
** Changed in: unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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This also affects the Ubuntu CD as the default account doesn't have a
password and therefore is not logged in automatically.
** Also affects: lightdm
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags added: iso-testing
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** Also affects: unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Cannot login if user account does not have a password
