On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:33:24 +1000 david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an 86 year old Mother in law who has never used a computer. > > I want to give her an old laptop to play solitaire etc on while she is > in an extended hospital stay. She has no idea how to anything and has > trouble with mobile phones, much less Ubuntu, so I'm trying to remove > as many impediments as possible. > > Is there any way to log her in without going through the login screen? > How do I bypass the grub login options? > > I have set up so that no password is required, (U6aMy0wojraho in the > encrypted shadow password does this job) but it would be better if the > screen was avoided completely. > > Security is NOT an issue. She has perfect security, ie, a closed room > with no wires. I know I could give her Windows, but I think Ubuntu > will be easier because I can give her advice. I don't know how to run > Windows ;-)
I have a debian etch box set up this way for my 99yo neighbour. She wouldn't know what to do with a Windows system!! I think you run gdmsetup as root. One of the options will be what you want. Alternatively, hand edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and insert AutomaticLoginEnable=false AutomaticLogin=<user name> Cheers, Alan > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
