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Post subject: Login without a password
 Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 05:43 AM
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Hallo, I have here a Notebook running sidux as a media-center. It has normally only a mouse attached and I can't use the notebooks keyboard, because the lid is always closed. I use for keyboard input a virtual keyboard in kde.
But how can I login after I restarted/or suspend/reboot the notebook?
I can use autologin, but I can also use an extra account without a password. I prefer the later method. But how can I add a user with an empty password? |
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Post subject: Login without a password
Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 05:53 AM
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Location: Berlin, Germany
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You could configure that in kcontrol, go to System Administration, choose Login Manager.
In Administrator Mode you could on the Convinience tab fine-tune the logins.
As you can not have passwordless account you will have to select the new user to login without being asked for the password. Figure out for your needs if Auto-Login is also an option for what you want to achieve.
greetz Micha |
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Post subject: RE: Login without a password
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:12 PM
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| I can't use passwordless accounts in linux? |
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Post subject: RE: Login without a password
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:25 PM
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| passwd -d <user> deletes the password. |
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Post subject: Re: RE: Login without a password
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:41 PM
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Joined: Nov 30, 2006
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Location: Budapest
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devent wrote:
I can't use passwordless accounts in linux?
From "man adduser"
Code:
--disabled-login
Do not run passwd to set the password. The user won’t be able
to use her account until the password is set.
--disabled-password
Like --disabled-login, but logins are still possible (for exam‐
ple using SSH RSA keys) but not using password authentication.
But you can delete a password as root:
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passwd -d <username>
KDM does not like it, so you have to play with that (as root). But you can log in without X and then start X.
But in your case you have to play with autologin for KDM or totally hack Debian default settings for your need, I suppose.
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Last edited by hubi on Jul 24, 2008 - 12:45 PM; edited 1 time in total
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Login without a password
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:44 PM
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| I just checked passwd -d and KDM before posting and it (surprisingly) worked here. I just entered the login and chose no password and it logged me in. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Login without a password
Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 12:48 PM
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ModestUser,
that's interesting. I created a test account here as well, disabled the password, and KDM gave me a "login failed". I tweaked my KDM login so that I am logged in automatically with my normal account (and deactivate it when I am not at home).
devent should just check it how it works for him.
hubi |
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