On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 11:28 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
> On 8/10/19 7:52 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
> > In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the
> > login screen would show my user name as the default.
> >
> > That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've
> > silently grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently
> > flash part of my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in
> > the blank user name slot!).
> >
> > I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing.
> >
> > I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print "
> > and found nothing that seemed worth a deeper look.
> >
> > Can anyone help me?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > -Tom
>
> you can edit lightdm.conf/lightdm.conf
Do you mean /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ?
>
> below this header
> #
> [Seat:*]
>
> find these lines
>
> # autologin-user=
> # autologin-user-timeout=0
>
> uncomment the first and add the user name
>
> uncomment the second line if you want autologin (no password)
Uncommenting that line won't change behaviour as the comments give what
the defaults are. If you set a value for autologin-user then that user
will be automatically logged in without asking for a password (this is
what I use). I believe setting autologin-user-timeout to a non-zero
value will delay that number of seconds giving the user chance to
cancel auto-login and select another user. I don't know if that matches
the behaviour Tom is looking for or if he always requires a password to
be entered.
--
Tixy
