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gdm-guest-session package

  1. Bug #264835
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 264835

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Jens Askengren (jens-askengren) wrote : Re: [Intrepid] "Guest" account should be accessible from login screen

I've tried an approach like this using the pam_listfile.so for passwordless login. However, it fails for several reasons:

- There is no obvious way to log in as guest. Users that don't speak English won't be able to guess that the special user name (and password). I'd like a simple "Login as Guest" button.

- The passwordless login used by gdm seems to be ignored by gnome-screensaver. If the screensaver kicks in or is started by the user, there is no way to unlock it.

- The users files are deleted on logout. Thats nice from a security and privacy point of view, but the user is not warned that her files will be lost. There has been some discussion about the option to turn a guest session into a regular account. But as far as I know, nothing like that has been implemented.