Hi there. I think, if I recall correctly, that this was something I did manually a long time ago under a previous Ubuntu version when Mark was the only user on the system. I did it to avoid having to type in a password when I turn the PC on. I can´t remember where I read about changing this setting, it would have been on a forum somewhere because I am not a Unix expert.
I guess the setting was carried through unchanged in the subsequent upgrades, I didn´t notice anything until I tried to put a password on the Mark account using the GUI and it didn´t work. Then I couldn´t remember the change I´d made manually years previously. I know it´s essentially user error but then users make errors, maybe the GUI should check this setting when you flick the "password/nopassword" switch? Regards, Mark Rennie On Wed, Feb 8, 2017, at 09:59 AM, Yuan-Chen Cheng wrote: > the part we don't is: why "Mark" is added to nopasswdlogin group in the > first place. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499675 > > Title: > lightdm doesn´t ask for password > > Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > For a long time (from previous versions) on my system I had only one > user - Mark - with admin privileges, a password set and auto-login at > startup. At boot I went directly to the Mark desktop. > > Now I add another user for my daughter - Carol - normal user but with > no password. I switch off auto-login for both users. At startup I see > the lightdm screen with users Carol and Mark, I can access Carol > correctly by pressing "Log In" but when I choose Mark I am not asked > for the password, I see the "Log In" button and enter directly in the > Mark desktop without being asked for a password. > > I can also access Mark directly from the Carol account using the drop- > down in the top left, again without being asked for a password. > > When I look in "user accounts" I see Carol with "no password" and Mark > with a password set, neither have autologin set. > > I have looked at all the lightdm config files and can´t see anything > obvious. > > I need to protect the Mark account from my growing children. I´d > appreciate your help. > > Regards, > > Mark Rennie > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 > Package: lightdm 1.10.5-0ubuntu1.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-generic 3.13.11-ckt25 > Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-generic i686 > ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 > Architecture: i386 > CurrentDesktop: Unity > Date: Fri Sep 25 12:03:47 2015 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-18 (1529 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 > (20110427.1) > LightdmConfig: > [SeatDefaults] > greeter-session=unity-greeter > user-session=ubuntu > allow-guest=false > SourcePackage: lightdm > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-14 (407 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1499675/+subscriptions -- Mark Rennie mark_ren...@fastmail.fm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1499675 Title: lightdm doesn´t ask for password Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: For a long time (from previous versions) on my system I had only one user - Mark - with admin privileges, a password set and auto-login at startup. At boot I went directly to the Mark desktop. Now I add another user for my daughter - Carol - normal user but with no password. I switch off auto-login for both users. At startup I see the lightdm screen with users Carol and Mark, I can access Carol correctly by pressing "Log In" but when I choose Mark I am not asked for the password, I see the "Log In" button and enter directly in the Mark desktop without being asked for a password. I can also access Mark directly from the Carol account using the drop- down in the top left, again without being asked for a password. When I look in "user accounts" I see Carol with "no password" and Mark with a password set, neither have autologin set. I have looked at all the lightdm config files and can´t see anything obvious. I need to protect the Mark account from my growing children. I´d appreciate your help. Regards, Mark Rennie ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: lightdm 1.10.5-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-generic 3.13.11-ckt25 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Sep 25 12:03:47 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-18 (1529 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) LightdmConfig: [SeatDefaults] greeter-session=unity-greeter user-session=ubuntu allow-guest=false SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-14 (407 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1499675/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
