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I meant the other bug is greeter related, and it is triggered by the
most obvious workaround for this bug - recreating your password using
passwd at terminal. The root issue is probably the same so if someone
makes a fix for either bug they should probably make sure it addresses
both scenarios.
I disagree that this bug is greeter related (even if you set your new
password, you haven't told greeter to use it to login, but there is
still the option chosen to log in without one).
What this does, which is more serious for the new user, it's that it
disables the admin password and
To be clear: the problem here is that the password change dialog in user
accounts inside gnome control center demands that you enter your
existing password. This isn't possible after you have previously cleared
the password.
Changing the password at terminal with passwd works, but causes the
Greeter bug, probably related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1100989
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070449
Title:
Login without password option effectively
