Comment 5 for bug 1499675

Hi there.

I think, if I recall correctly, that this was something I did manually a
long time ago under a previous Ubuntu version when Mark was the only
user on the system. I did it to avoid having to type in a password when
I turn the PC on. I can´t remember where I read about changing this
setting, it would have been on a forum somewhere because I am not a Unix
expert.

I guess the setting was carried through unchanged in the subsequent
upgrades, I didn´t notice anything until I tried to put a password on
the Mark account using the GUI and it didn´t work. Then I couldn´t
remember the change I´d made manually years previously.

I know it´s essentially user error but then users make errors, maybe the
GUI should check this setting when you flick the "password/nopassword"
switch?

Regards,

Mark Rennie

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017, at 09:59 AM, Yuan-Chen Cheng wrote:
> the part we don't is: why "Mark" is added to nopasswdlogin group in the
> first place.
>
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> Title:
> lightdm doesn´t ask for password
>
> Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> For a long time (from previous versions) on my system I had only one
> user - Mark - with admin privileges, a password set and auto-login at
> startup. At boot I went directly to the Mark desktop.
>
> Now I add another user for my daughter - Carol - normal user but with
> no password. I switch off auto-login for both users. At startup I see
> the lightdm screen with users Carol and Mark, I can access Carol
> correctly by pressing "Log In" but when I choose Mark I am not asked
> for the password, I see the "Log In" button and enter directly in the
> Mark desktop without being asked for a password.
>
> I can also access Mark directly from the Carol account using the drop-
> down in the top left, again without being asked for a password.
>
> When I look in "user accounts" I see Carol with "no password" and Mark
> with a password set, neither have autologin set.
>
> I have looked at all the lightdm config files and can´t see anything
> obvious.
>
> I need to protect the Mark account from my growing children. I´d
> appreciate your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Rennie
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: lightdm 1.10.5-0ubuntu1.1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-generic 3.13.11-ckt25
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
> Architecture: i386
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Fri Sep 25 12:03:47 2015
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-18 (1529 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
> (20110427.1)
> LightdmConfig:
> [SeatDefaults]
> greeter-session=unity-greeter
> user-session=ubuntu
> allow-guest=false
> SourcePackage: lightdm
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-14 (407 days ago)
>
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