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gnome-control-center package

  1. Bug #1318030
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Comment 0 for bug 1318030

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Jeroen (alpenblauwtje) wrote : Cannot login-without-password when home folder in encrypted

Users of which the home folder is encrypted using the CLI (unfortunately there is no GUI option for this, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1279766), and for which the 'login without password' is set, cannot login.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Using an Administrator account, create a new user in System Settings > User Accounts and set a password.
2. Open a shell and encrypt the newly created user folder by 'sudo ecryptfs-migrate-home -u <username>'
3. Login into the new account: successful
4. Logout and login into the Administrator account and select 'Login without password' for the newly created user.
5. Login into the new account: cannot login (the password field for this users now displays 'Log in' but trying to login results in a flickering screen and back to the login screen.

Ubuntu 14.04 x64 (reproducable on two different machines)