Comment 10 for bug 844039

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tikal808 (tikal808) wrote :

On Linux Mint 12, using the following options in the file, /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

greeter-hide-users=true
allow-guest=false

unity-greeter displays "Other..." at the top, when it should say "Login" because the user list is disabled.
"Other..." has no meaning or purpose here, and to be completely honest it looks very strange.

in unity-greeter.c I see "Other..." mentioned in at least three places. (Lines 598,684,1299)
I'm guessing these could be changed to say "Login" to accomplish what would make some sort of sense.
This particular machine is not using NIS login or card readers, all logins are local but we don't want the list of local user names displayed.

Here is a link to a forum user looking for the same thing, changing "Other..." to "Login" when the user list is disabled.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1858962
<quote>Also is there a way to change 'Other...' to 'Login' when the user listing is disabled?</quote>

Also, if you switch to high-contrast mode, "Other..." is displayed in its normal location, but also, two more times below where you enter a user name,for a total of three "Others..."

Please accept my apologies in advance if all of this is something that is now fixed, but not merged into downstream Mint 12.