Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 12:32 PM Mindaugas Celiesius wrote: ... > > In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the login > > screen would show my user name as the default. ... > Hello. By default, LightDM is configured so that the user should enter login > name and password. Login name is considered sensitive information. It is > possible to provide the user with selection of available user accounts. The > most recently used login name will be selected in the list. The user still > has to enter password to login. This provides useful compromise between > security and convenience for a single-user desktop system. To enable user > list, place the following settings into > /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_my.conf: > > [Seat:*] > greeter-hide-users=false Great, that worked, thanks so much, Mindaugas! A couple of points: 1. I had to restart the system, a mere logout didn't change anything. 2. The surprise is that it didn't actually show my user name, it showed my real name. So security is a little better than showing my user name; in fact, it seems better because, otherwise, folks in my audience could see me type my user name! Best regards, -Tom
Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
> In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the login
> screen would show my user name as the default.
>
> That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've silently
> grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently flash part of
> my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in the blank user name
> slot!).
>
> I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing.
>
> I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print " and found
> nothing that seemed worth a deeper look.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Tom
Hello. By default, LightDM is configured so that the user should enter login
name and password. Login name is considered sensitive information. It is
possible to provide the user with selection of available user accounts. The
most recently used login name will be selected in the list. The user still has
to enter password to login. This provides useful compromise between security
and convenience for a single-user desktop system. To enable user list, place
the following settings into /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_my.conf:
[Seat:*]
greeter-hide-users=false
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Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
On 8/10/19 12:12 PM, Tixy wrote:
On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 11:28 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
On 8/10/19 7:52 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the
login screen would show my user name as the default.
That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've
silently grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently
flash part of my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in
the blank user name slot!).
I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing.
I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print "
and found nothing that seemed worth a deeper look.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
Best regards,
-Tom
you can edit lightdm.conf/lightdm.conf
Do you mean /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ?
yes I did
below this header
#
[Seat:*]
find these lines
# autologin-user=
# autologin-user-timeout=0
uncomment the first and add the user name
uncomment the second line if you want autologin (no password)
Uncommenting that line won't change behaviour as the comments give what
the defaults are. If you set a value for autologin-user then that user
will be automatically logged in without asking for a password (this is
what I use). I believe setting autologin-user-timeout to a non-zero
value will delay that number of seconds giving the user chance to
cancel auto-login and select another user. I don't know if that matches
the behaviour Tom is looking for or if he always requires a password to
be entered.
correct, I also use autologin but only on single user systems.
forgot about setting the timeout, yes that works too.
Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
Tixy, on 2019-08-10: > On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 11:28 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 8/10/19 7:52 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > > > In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the > > > login screen would show my user name as the default. > > > > > > That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've > > > silently grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently > > > flash part of my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in > > > the blank user name slot!). Good day, In Debian 7, Mate desktop was not yet officially available IIRC, so the default greeter was most likely gdm3. I see in Debian 10 that Mate desktop depends on lightdm, which is different greeter. The default behaviour of lightdm is to hide available user logins on the machine, in order to avoid leaking this information in situations where the location of the machine is untrusted. > > you can edit lightdm.conf/lightdm.conf > Do you mean /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ? Pointing to this file was the right direction. However, on the variables side, may I suggest to search for the character string "greeter-hide-users" definition, uncomment it in place, and set its value to "False"? There is also something that has bitten my hand, as this was a bit different in previous Debian releases. In the new version of the default configuration file, the "[Seat:*]" paragraph header is commented, so just de-commenting the configuration option is not efficient any more, you also have to put the header back. In the end, the paragraph might look like: # blablabla [Seat:*] # blblbl # [...] greeter-hide-users = False # blblbl You may have to type in your login one last time, so that the greeter knows which one(s) to print. I hope this helps, Kind regards, -- Étienne Mollier 5ab1 4edf 63bb ccff 8b54 2fa9 59da 56fe fff3 882d signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 11:28 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
> On 8/10/19 7:52 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
> > In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the
> > login screen would show my user name as the default.
> >
> > That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've
> > silently grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently
> > flash part of my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in
> > the blank user name slot!).
> >
> > I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing.
> >
> > I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print "
> > and found nothing that seemed worth a deeper look.
> >
> > Can anyone help me?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > -Tom
>
> you can edit lightdm.conf/lightdm.conf
Do you mean /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ?
>
> below this header
> #
> [Seat:*]
>
> find these lines
>
> # autologin-user=
> # autologin-user-timeout=0
>
> uncomment the first and add the user name
>
> uncomment the second line if you want autologin (no password)
Uncommenting that line won't change behaviour as the comments give what
the defaults are. If you set a value for autologin-user then that user
will be automatically logged in without asking for a password (this is
what I use). I believe setting autologin-user-timeout to a non-zero
value will delay that number of seconds giving the user chance to
cancel auto-login and select another user. I don't know if that matches
the behaviour Tom is looking for or if he always requires a password to
be entered.
--
Tixy
Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
On 8/10/19 7:52 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the
login screen would show my user name as the default.
That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've
silently grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently
flash part of my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in
the blank user name slot!).
I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing.
I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print "
and found nothing that seemed worth a deeper look.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
Best regards,
-Tom
you can edit lightdm.conf/lightdm.conf
below this header
#
[Seat:*]
find these lines
# autologin-user=
# autologin-user-timeout=0
uncomment the first and add the user name
uncomment the second line if you want autologin (no password)
Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 10:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 10 aug 19, 09:52:48, Tom Browder wrote: > > > > I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing. Okay, good point. I'll try that route... Thanks. -Tom
Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae
On Sb, 10 aug 19, 09:52:48, Tom Browder wrote: > > I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing. The solution (if any) will probably depend a lot on the display manager used. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser signature.asc Description: PGP signature
