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Mike McMullin

26 Feb 2006 26 Feb '06

17:09

Sorry about breaking the thread, but I killed the articles. Would the OP mind checking out the following links? http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Dec/2039.html and also http://www.bellevuelinux.org/automatic_login.html note the use of gdmsetup

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Andre Truter

27 Feb 27 Feb

06:47

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On 2/26/06, Mike McMullin wrote:

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Sorry about breaking the thread, but I killed the articles.

Would the OP mind checking out the following links?

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Dec/2039.html

and also

http://www.bellevuelinux.org/automatic_login.html

note the use of gdmsetup

Nope, still asking for password. -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer | Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 | AIM: trusoftzaf | http://www.trusoft.co.za ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~

Mike McMullin

11:05

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 08:47 +0200, Andre Truter wrote:

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On 2/26/06, Mike McMullin wrote:

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Sorry about breaking the thread, but I killed the articles.

Would the OP mind checking out the following links?

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Dec/2039.html

and also

http://www.bellevuelinux.org/automatic_login.html

note the use of gdmsetup

Nope, still asking for password.

I thought the pointer to gdmsetup might have been the ticket. I figured that if the option was available under gdm then this ought to show up in the setup utility. <sigh> Back to google.

Carl Hartung

12:15

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Monday 27 February 2006 06:05, Mike McMullin wrote:

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I thought the pointer to gdmsetup might have been the ticket. I figured that if the option was available under gdm then this ought to show up in the setup utility. <sigh> Back to google.

In my 9.3 system, the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager contains the following section: ## Type: string ## Default: # # Define the user whom should get logged in without request # DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="" I'm pretty sure this setting is available through YaST's /etc/sysconfig editor. regards, Carl

Mike McMullin

22:04

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 07:15 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Monday 27 February 2006 06:05, Mike McMullin wrote:

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I thought the pointer to gdmsetup might have been the ticket. I figured that if the option was available under gdm then this ought to show up in the setup utility. <sigh> Back to google.

In my 9.3 system, the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager contains the following section:

## Type: string ## Default: # # Define the user whom should get logged in without request # DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

I'm pretty sure this setting is available through YaST's /etc/sysconfig editor.

What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option? Mike

Carl Hartung

28 Feb 28 Feb

00:26

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Monday 27 February 2006 17:04, Mike McMullin wrote:

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What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option?

Hi Mike, Could you please explain the difference? :-) I've always understood the SUSE "Autologin" feature to mean the user isn't prompted for a password and the system boots directly to his/her desktop. Carl

Mike McMullin

00:39

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 19:26 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Monday 27 February 2006 17:04, Mike McMullin wrote:

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What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option?

Hi Mike,

Could you please explain the difference? :-)

Apparently not.

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I've always understood the SUSE "Autologin" feature to mean the user isn't prompted for a password and the system boots directly to his/her desktop.

Which makes me wonder why they (now being two folks following this) aren't able to have it work for them. I have my son's laptop boot right into his Linux profile, but I opted for kdm and not gdm, so even though it's 9.3, it's not what is in question.

Carl Hartung

01:18

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Monday 27 February 2006 19:39, Mike McMullin wrote:

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Could you please explain the difference? :-)

Apparently not.

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I've always understood the SUSE "Autologin" feature to mean the user isn't prompted for a password and the system boots directly to his/her desktop.

Which makes me wonder why they (now being two folks following this) aren't able to have it work for them. I have my son's laptop boot right into his Linux profile, but I opted for kdm and not gdm, so even though it's 9.3, it's not what is in question.

So... the question is: Has the OP just gone in and edited the config file segment I quoted previously? If so, did it work? Carl

ken

14:14

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

Mike McMullin wrote:

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On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 07:15 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Monday 27 February 2006 06:05, Mike McMullin wrote:

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I thought the pointer to gdmsetup might have been the ticket. I figured that if the option was available under gdm then this ought to show up in the setup utility. <sigh> Back to google. In my 9.3 system, the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager contains the following section:

## Type: string ## Default: # # Define the user whom should get logged in without request # DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

I'm pretty sure this setting is available through YaST's /etc/sysconfig editor.

What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option?

Mike

Mike, thanks for trying to help. Neither gdmsetup nor /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf mention anything about "passwordless" login, only "autologin". Passwordless is a much better term, unless ambiguity is what's sought. Here's the whole of gdm.conf (minus the comment lines); maybe there's some other variable (but why?) necessary to get this to work. [daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=me TimedLoginEnable=false TimedLogin= TimedLoginDelay=30 Greeter=/opt/gnome/bin/gdmgreeter DefaultPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/var/lib/dosemu:/usr/games:/opt/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/opt/cross/bin RootPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/var/lib/dosemu:/usr/games:/opt/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/opt/cross/bin User=gdm Group=shadow LogDir=/var/lib/log/gdm PidFile=/var/run/gdm.pid PostLoginScriptDir=/etc/opt/gnome/gdm/PostLogin/ PreSessionScriptDir=/etc/opt/gnome/gdm/PreSession/ PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/opt/gnome/gdm/PostSession/ DisplayInitDir=/etc/opt/gnome/gdm/Init XKeepsCrashing=/etc/opt/gnome/gdm/XKeepsCrashing RebootCommand=/sbin/shutdown -r now HaltCommand=/sbin/shutdown -h now SuspendCommand=/usr/bin/powersave --suspend-to-disk ServAuthDir=/var/lib/gdm BaseXsession=/etc/opt/gnome/gdm/Xsession SessionDesktopDir=/usr/share/xsessions/:/etc/opt/gnome/dm/Sessions/:/opt/gnome/share/gdm/BuiltInSessions/ UserAuthDir= UserAuthFBDir=/tmp UserAuthFile=.Xauthority StandardXServer=/usr/X11R6/bin/X Xnest=/usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest -audit 0 -name Xnest [security] AllowRoot=true AllowRemoteRoot=false AllowRemoteAutoLogin=false RelaxPermissions=0 CheckDirOwner=true RetryDelay=1 [xdmcp] Enable=false Willing=/etc/X11/xdm/Xwilling [gui] [greeter] Browser=false MinimalUID=500 Quiver=false LockPosition=true BackgroundImage=0 BackgroundColor=#007777 GraphicalTheme=GDM-SuSE GraphicalThemeDir=/opt/gnome/share/gdm/themes/ [chooser] HostImageDir=/opt/gnome/share/hosts/ Hosts= Broadcast=true Multicast=false [debug] Enable=false [servers] 0=Standard [server-Standard] name=Standard server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 flexible=true [server-Terminal] name=Terminal server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -terminate flexible=false handled=false [server-Chooser] name=Chooser server command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 flexible=false chooser=true -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema.

Carl Hartung

15:33

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Tuesday 28 February 2006 09:14, ken wrote:

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Mike, thanks for trying to help. Neither gdmsetup nor /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf mention anything about "passwordless" login, only "autologin". Passwordless is a much better term, unless ambiguity is what's sought. <snip>

Hi Ken, I also posted this:

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In my 9.3 system, the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager contains the following section:

## Type: string ## Default: # # Define the user whom should get logged in without request # DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

I'm pretty sure this setting is available through YaST's /etc/sysconfig editor.

What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option?

Mike

It would be nice to know if you've even looked at this and tried putting your user name? Seems to me this is SUSE's way of making sure every conceivable combination of window manager and desktop environment follows the same login procedure: either autologin or require a password. What this implies is the above file is evaluated /first/... before either gdm or kdm, ergo you're probably wasting your time looking for the settings there. ;-) regards, Carl

Mike McMullin

21:30

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 10:33 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Tuesday 28 February 2006 09:14, ken wrote:

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Mike, thanks for trying to help. Neither gdmsetup nor /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf mention anything about "passwordless" login, only "autologin". Passwordless is a much better term, unless ambiguity is what's sought. <snip>

Hi Ken,

I also posted this:

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In my 9.3 system, the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager contains the following section:

## Type: string ## Default: # # Define the user whom should get logged in without request # DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

I'm pretty sure this setting is available through YaST's /etc/sysconfig editor.

What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option?

Mike

It would be nice to know if you've even looked at this and tried putting your user name?

If I had gdm installed on any of my machines I would. I opt for kdm, and I know how easy it is using KDE's control center to setup automatic logins.

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Seems to me this is SUSE's way of making sure every conceivable combination of window manager and desktop environment follows the same login procedure: either autologin or require a password. What this implies is the above file is evaluated /first/... before either gdm or kdm, ergo you're probably wasting your time looking for the settings there. ;-)

I didn't know that about the displaymanager file. Thanks for telling me.

ken

1 Mar 1 Mar

13:45

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Tuesday 28 February 2006 09:14, ken wrote:

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Mike, thanks for trying to help. Neither gdmsetup nor /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf mention anything about "passwordless" login, only "autologin". Passwordless is a much better term, unless ambiguity is what's sought. <snip>

Hi Ken,

I also posted this:

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In my 9.3 system, the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager contains the following section:

## Type: string ## Default: # # Define the user whom should get logged in without request # DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

I'm pretty sure this setting is available through YaST's /etc/sysconfig editor. What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option?

Mike

It would be nice to know if you've even looked at this and tried putting your user name?

Seems to me this is SUSE's way of making sure every conceivable combination of window manager and desktop environment follows the same login procedure: either autologin or require a password. What this implies is the above file is evaluated /first/... before either gdm or kdm, ergo you're probably wasting your time looking for the settings there. ;-)

Carl, It's good of you to point that out. Let me add that there's another relevant variable in the same file. But, yes, both of them have already set properly: DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="me" DISPLAYMANAGER_PASSWORD_LESS_LOGIN="yes" BTW, yet another perhaps relevant config file is /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm_sysconfig.conf which has the line: DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="me" Yet another file, /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin, may have something to do with the problem. But I have no idea what's supposed to be in there. Do we need to run SuSEconfig.gdm on this after setting the configuration? Or... why does /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.gdm have: DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="" ??? Does *anyone* have autologin (passwordless login) working for gdm (gnome) on 9.3? Thanks, all, ken -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema.

Mike McMullin

28 Feb 28 Feb

21:21

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 09:14 -0500, ken wrote:

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Mike McMullin wrote:

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On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 07:15 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote:

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On Monday 27 February 2006 06:05, Mike McMullin wrote:

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I thought the pointer to gdmsetup might have been the ticket. I figured that if the option was available under gdm then this ought to show up in the setup utility. <sigh> Back to google. In my 9.3 system, the file /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager contains the following section:

## Type: string ## Default: # # Define the user whom should get logged in without request # DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

I'm pretty sure this setting is available through YaST's /etc/sysconfig editor.

What the OP wants is both autologin and passworless login. Could I trouble you to check and see if gdmsetup has that as an option?

Mike

Mike, thanks for trying to help. Neither gdmsetup nor /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf mention anything about "passwordless" login, only "autologin". Passwordless is a much better term, unless ambiguity is what's sought.

Would you mind trying something for me? Setup autologin in gdmsetup and let me know what the results are?

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Here's the whole of gdm.conf (minus the comment lines); maybe there's some other variable (but why?) necessary to get this to work.

[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=me

TimedLoginEnable=false TimedLogin= TimedLoginDelay=30

{snip}

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User=gdm Group=shadow

Any idea what this is? {snip}

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[security] AllowRoot=true AllowRemoteRoot=false AllowRemoteAutoLogin=false

I assume that this line isn't germane. {snip} Mike

Andre Truter

21:37

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

On 2/28/06, Mike McMullin wrote: [...]

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Mike, thanks for trying to help. Neither gdmsetup nor /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf mention anything about "passwordless" login, [...]

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User=gdm Group=shadow

Any idea what this is?

That is the user and group that gdm is run as. I would advise against changing that. I remember that on an older version of SuSE (9.1 IIRC) the group was changed during one of the patch updates. Took me a while to figure out why gdm do not want to start. I found the correct group to use in some other gnome config file IIRC, but I cannot remember which file it was. -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer | Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 | AIM: trusoftzaf | http://www.trusoft.co.za ~ A dinosaur is a salamander designed to Mil Spec ~

ken

27 Feb 27 Feb

21:12

New subject: [SLE] auto login in gdm under 9.3

Mike McMullin wrote:

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Sorry about breaking the thread, but I killed the articles.

Would the OP mind checking out the following links?

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Dec/2039.html

Cutting out the cruft, the above link says: "If you use gdm as displaymanager run gdmsetup as root, in the "general" tab select "Login a user automatically on first bootup" and select a user." I did exactly this (on suse pro 9.3) and found that this was already set. However, I've not been automatically logged in as the specified user *ever*.

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and also

http://www.bellevuelinux.org/automatic_login.html

note the use of gdmsetup

This one says about the same thing, except that it gives a pointer to /etc/opt/gnome/gdm/gdm.conf, a good tip IMO. However, the salient lines there for me are: AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=me Yet again I say, I'm still not logged in automatically. # ll gdm.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27579 Jun 6 2005 gdm.conf So there's gotta be some other horker hiding somewhere. -- "This world ain't big enough for the both of us," said the big noema to the little noema.

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