On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:01:33 +1000
Ken Foskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 13:15, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 01:11:30PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote:
> > > On a Debian Woody box: is there someway to permit null passwords?
> > > (I know - security, but....).
> 
> The other thing you might be interested in is the gdm autologin
> feature.  I used this on my kids machines until they were old enough
> to handle simple passwords (user james,  password james).
> 
> You switch the computer on and it automatically logs into that user
> and you are ready to go.

Yes, I have used that as well. This is for a machine that visitors will
be using and I wanted a separate account for them but without the need
for passwords.
Cheers,
Alan

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