Speaking as the (former) maintainer, this is really a bug in users- admin, but it's no longer developed since it's been replaced with the new GNOME control center applet upstream. (The new applet doesn't allow setting a password-less account.) If the bug had been reported against the gnome-system-tools, I'd had fixed the bug back in 2010, but now, it's too late for me... :-/
I don't think the workaround should be added in GDM, because I don't think it would be easy due to how PAM works. ** Package changed: gdm (Ubuntu) => gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577563 Title: Automatic login fails and computer hangs (Lucid) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-tools/+bug/577563/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs