FC9 login without password

[Edward S.P. Leong]

Dear All,

Mine is FC9...
So, how to config the user profile, then the user login without password
( disable password ) ?

Thanks !

Edward.

[Stuart Sears]

[e-mail] wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Mine is FC9...
> So, how to config the user profile, then the user login without password
> ( disable password ) ?

autologin a specific user graphically without a password?

something like this...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/fedora-9-auto-login-...

Unless you want your users to literally have *no* password...
This is a very bad idea! I'll let someone else tell you how to
compromise your system security like that. I can't bring myself to do it...

Stuart

[Edward S.P. Leong]

Stuart Sears wrote:
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Mine is FC9...
> > So, how to config the user profile, then the user login without password
> > ( disable password ) ?
>
> autologin a specific user graphically without a password?
>
> something like this...
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/fedora-9-auto-login-...
>
> Unless you want your users to literally have *no* password...
> This is a very bad idea! I'll let someone else tell you how to
> compromise your system security like that. I can't bring myself to do it...
>
> Stuart

Hello,

Sorry, my means in special environment ( eg: intranet ), some of user
they needn't the password for the login ( the system admin configed the
user profile,eg: /etc/password ).

Edward.

[Tim]

On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 22:43 +0800, [e-mail] wrote:
> Sorry, my means in special environment ( eg: intranet ), some of user
> they needn't the password for the login ( the system admin configed
> the user profile,eg: /etc/password ).

Even in an intranet, it's often a VERY BAD idea to let users login
without any form of authentication, and much better to get users used to
taking security seriously, no matter how much they moan about it.

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 15:32:20 +0800,
  [e-mail] wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Mine is FC9...
> So, how to config the user profile, then the user login without password
> ( disable password ) ?

You might also try installing xguest if you are running selinux in
enforcing mode. This allows a guest login with very limited access and
there is a feature that allows a login without a password from the
console. All of the files for the guest account are rebuilt each login
so there is no persistence from login to login. (That may be good or bad
depending on what you are trying to do.)

[Nigel Henry]

On Sunday 02 November 2008 08:32, [e-mail] wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Mine is FC9...
> So, how to config the user profile, then the user login without password
> ( disable password ) ?
>
> Thanks !
>
> Edward.

Hi Edward. I'm not sure what your looking for here. If it's just to autologin 
a user, there are are a few lines you can add to /etc/gdm/custom.conf. See 
below.

# Lines below added by djmons

[daemon]
# Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged
# in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=djmons

The lines above will enable you to autologin one user. Just change djmons to 
your user name. See below if you have more than one user setup, and want the 
option to login as a different user. The autologin of the designated user 
will be delayed, thus giving you the chance to stop the autologin, and select 
a different user to login as.

# Timed login. usefull for kiosks. Log in a certain user after a certain 
# amount of time
TimedLoginEnable=false
TimedLogin=djmons
TimedLoginDelay=30

Ok. Assuming you have mutliple users available, but only have one set for 
autologin. Obviously it would be good to see the GDM greeter, and have the 
chance to stop the autologin, and choose another user.

First change  "theAutomaticLoginEnable=true" line to false.

Then change the "TimedLoginEnable=false" line to true

Obviously change tthe user name on "TimedLogin=djmons" to your user name.

The login delay is up to you.

I've just tried all this on F9, and it works as above.

If you want my /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file from my FC2 install please ask, and 
I'll send it offlist directly to you.

All the best.

Nigel.