Re: [Cooker] install : automatic logon should be told "not recommended"

[J. Greenlees]

Buchan Milne wrote:

J. Greenlees wrote:

for people new to linux from windows, the automatic login is what
windows gives them.

Depends:

1)Win9x defaults to no login, until you enable profiles or join the
machine to a network

unless you allow the default microsoft family login, then, if no password input, no login.
microsoft network login isn't automatic, and doesn't offer the option, majority of home users go with family login to get rid of having to log in.

2)Winnt/win2k/winxp (AFAIK) force login

really? my wife's xp-pro box doesn't require login at all, with networking used for internet connection. ( she did as most do, and told it automatically login. )

for single user home use it may not be as much a risk, which is where
linux will have to get people from windows to expand user base.

ANy home user connected to the internet is asked to login AFAICR.

would definitely put a "not recommended for business/company/corporate
computers" tag in. though most network admins should know that anyway.

been discussing in a forum about linux/ windows, most windows users
won't switch until point and click ui is all they have to deal with.

How does this make a difference to whether it's point&click ?????

automatic login is part of point and click, to the people that made / agreed with that assessment.
these same people do not want options during install, so their .... judgment may be suspect. ;)

personally, I never use automatic login, after working in a bank and having to go through 3 different log ins, with 3 different user names and passwords, just to turn terminal on and activate app for the day I got used to a decently organized security system. ( scary was that the bank upgraded from win 3.1.1 to win 95 while I was working there. ^shudder^ ).