[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#661230: Bug#661230: lightdm: passwordless login doesn't work

[Alexander GQ Gerasiov]

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:58:58 +0100
Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org> wrote:

> On mer., 2012-02-29 at 10:26 +0400, Alexander GQ Gerasiov wrote:
> > > What happens if you set allow-guest=true
> > in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf?
> > The same:
> > 
> > Feb 28 22:31:10 vice lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): authentication
> > failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=  user=guest
> > Feb 28 22:31:16 vice lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): conversation
> > failed
> > Feb 28 22:31:16 vice lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): auth could not
> > identify password for [guest]
> > Feb 28 22:31:19 vice lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): authentication
> > failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=  user=maxim
> > Feb 28 22:32:13 vice lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): conversation
> > failed
> > Feb 28 22:32:13 vice lightdm: pam_unix(lightdm:auth): auth could not
> > identify password for [maxim]
> > 
> Thanks for testing. It might be related to the pam file and the fact I
> didn't yet make sure autologin was working.
I'm speaking not about autologin, but about passwordless login.

Just remove password hash from /etc/shadow and user will be able to
login on ttys specified in /etc/securetty without password. This works
for console login for example.

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Best regards,
 Alexander GQ Gerasiov

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