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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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499675
> 
> 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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  Mark Rennie
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