Pixel wrote:
Christophe Combelles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
i agree the ergonomics of this box is no good.
but i do not agree this is that unsafe.
i'd agree to add (not recommended) iff the user has a
password-secured bootloader. and in that case, it's even better not to
propose
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
2)Winnt/win2k/winxp (AFAIK) force login
for single user home use it may not be as much
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
J. Greenlees [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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
Pixel wrote:
but, i do agree that the dialog box for choosing autologin or not is
not clear
OK, so what do you think of this UI :
If you don't know, you just click next :
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I can set up your computer to automatically logon a user...
Do you
J. Greenlees wrote:
Pixel wrote:
Christophe Combelles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matter of ergonomics :
The automatic logon is not a very secure feature.
[...]
Either : Add the string (not recommended) just after the string
do you want
to use this feature, to give the good advice,
Pixel wrote:
John Danielson, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
(which is what the login to KDE does) but DO go to the X-gui'd login. The
first 10 installs I made of Mandrake got wiped because the video settings for
X were scragged and I did not know how NOT to autoad KDE.
in the old
Combelles, Christophe (MED, ALTEN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Pixel wrote:
but, i do agree that the dialog box for choosing autologin or not is
not clear
OK, so what do you think of this UI :
If you don't know, you just click next :
---
John Danielson, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
(which is what the login to KDE does) but DO go to the X-gui'd login. The
first 10 installs I made of Mandrake got wiped because the video settings for
X were scragged and I did not know how NOT to autoad KDE.
in the old recommended mode, it was
John Danielson, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Since one can get to console from the X login screen a few ways, one does not
need the option to autoload a desktop at all in the installer, IMHO.
many don't like having [xkg]dm running, so it's needed
Simply
set the X login to a lower res and
Matter of ergonomics :
The automatic logon is not a very secure feature.
So when asking for this feature, the usual correct answer is no, which
is not a natural answer for a default choice. The user which does not
very well understand this feature will defautly answer yes, because
yes is
Pixel wrote:
Christophe Combelles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matter of ergonomics :
The automatic logon is not a very secure feature.
[...]
Either : Add the string (not recommended) just after the string do you want
to use this feature, to give the good advice,
Or better : replace the
Christophe Combelles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matter of ergonomics :
The automatic logon is not a very secure feature.
[...]
Either : Add the string (not recommended) just after the string do you want
to use this feature, to give the good advice,
Or better : replace the two buttons
So what about the radio buttons ?
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I can set up your computer to automatically logon a user...
Do you want to use this feature ?
(x) no (default)
( ) yes
user :[(v) user1]
desktop : [(v) KDE ]
[- back ] [
J. Greenlees a écrit:
Pixel wrote:
Christophe Combelles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matter of ergonomics :
The automatic logon is not a very secure feature.
[...]
Either : Add the string (not recommended) just after the string do
you want
to use this feature, to give the good
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