F13: only others user is available at login
Chuck Anderson
cra at WPI.EDU
Mon Feb 22 13:56:24 UTC 2010
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:59:56AM +0000, Alan Milnes wrote:
> > Lists of usernames is reasonable primarily for residential use - ie
> > not laptop or any other location.
> >
> > Lets take the lead on this one and not leak information by default.
> >
>
> Agree 100%.
>
> To login you need the username and password - why help the bad guys by
> giving them 50% of the information they need?
If you have console access, the game is already over. If you have a
special case, like a kiosk that is physically secured, or a remote
desktop arrangement, you can change the setting yourself. For the
common case of a local-only gdm it is appropriate to have the user
list.
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