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Problem in skipping password in LXDM

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Problem in skipping password in LXDM

#1 Post by praj »

Hello,

I've installed Debian Jessie recently. I've also installed LXDM from the testing repos.
Then I created a password-less user account with 'guest' as its username by this method:

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sudo useradd guest
sudo passwd -d guest
Now even if I set "skip_password=1" in /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf
the login screen still asks for the password. If I enter nothing there, it won't let me login.

Some one please help me solve this problem.
This method worked in Arch Linux, but for some reason it's not working here.

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Re: Problem in skipping password in LXDM

#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

praj wrote:I've installed Debian Jessie recently. I've also installed LXDM from the testing repos.
That is a bad idea.
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian ... nkenDebian

Use LightDM instead.
https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM

EDIT: If you think you *need* LXDM, backport it yourself.
https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreation

EDIT2: I would recommend `adduser` rather than `useradd` if you want an idiosyncratic account -- see adduser(8)
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Re: Problem in skipping password in LXDM

#3 Post by praj »

@Head_on_a_Stick

Thank you for the information. I successfully built a .deb package from the source in sid, and installed it.
I also did 'adduser guest' and deleted its password. But the problem still occurs.
The 'skip_password=1' in lxdm.conf is not just working.

Is there a way to convert Arch's lxdm package into a deb package?
or any better ways?
I don't want to leave lxdm.

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Re: Problem in skipping password in LXDM

#4 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

praj wrote:I successfully built a .deb package from the source in sid
Did you follow this guide:
https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreation
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Re: Problem in skipping password in LXDM

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Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
praj wrote:I successfully built a .deb package from the source in sid
Did you follow this guide:
https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreation
Yes, that one.

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Re: Problem in skipping password in LXDM

#6 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

^ Good :)

I don't use a display manager so I have no idea how to set up LXDM, sorry.
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