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Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
This should be a no brainer, but I'll be damned if I can find anyway to implement it. I have a system with multiple users. I want a guest account that does not require a password to login. I'm running KDE, so sddm is the login manager. I want the guest user to simply select the guest account and hit the "Return" key to login, no password required. Is this possible? If so, how?
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
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# adduser --disabled-password guest
# passwd -d guest
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
I get "login failed" when attempting to login as a guest with an empty password. I'm running KDE, so maybe it has something to do with sddm?Head_on_a_Stick wrote:Code: Select all
# adduser --disabled-password guest # passwd -d guest
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?qu ... ount+howto
and before you dismiss my post as "yet another LMGTFY", look at some of the solutions and tell us exactly why & how they do not work.
and before you dismiss my post as "yet another LMGTFY", look at some of the solutions and tell us exactly why & how they do not work.
Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
I scanned your list of links, read two or three that seemed most relevant, just out of curiosity, because it seems you assumed I didn't try searching for an answer myself before posting. I saw nothing of any value there. The majority of them are gdm or lightdm related, not sddm, which it seems is the problem.debiman wrote:https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?qu ... ount+howto
and before you dismiss my post as "yet another LMGTFY", look at some of the solutions and tell us exactly why & how they do not work.
I previously came across numerous posts complaining about the lack of "guest login" (no password) with sddm, including some that were specifically a feature request. However, nothing within the past year and sddm has been updated since then. My assumption is the developers simply haven't implemented that capability.
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
So, have you checked that by trying light/gdm ?
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
Can the guest user log in at the console without a password?MH wrote:maybe it has something to do with sddm?
I don't use a display manager but I did test my suggestion before posting
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
i have given up interpreting other people's posts, because it usually leads to confusion & discord.MH wrote:it seems you assumed I didn't try searching for an answer myself before posting.
no - i see what you write. if you don't share your (failed) attempts, i must assume there were none. simple.
also, your answer came only 20min after my answer. that's a little quick imo.
however, the search seems to suggest that kde's login manager does not have a guest account feature.
this forum thread seems to have a workaround: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=192891
Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
I tried using both lightdm and gdm sometime ago due to some other problems with sddm at the time. Neither was functional for me at that time, and the KDE folks insist sddm is what should be used. I haven't tried either since.dilberts_left_nut wrote:So, have you checked that by trying light/gdm ?
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
I did not check logging in from console. I assume that will work, since all evidence since my original post points to it being an sddm issue.Head_on_a_Stick wrote:Can the guest user log in at the console without a password?MH wrote:maybe it has something to do with sddm?
I don't use a display manager but I did test my suggestion before posting
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
I shared my failed attempt, quite clearly I thought. The link you posted was the ONLY workaround I ever came across applicable to my situation. I did not try it, as I'd rather have to use a (shared) password than implement the suggested hack.debiman wrote:i have given up interpreting other people's posts, because it usually leads to confusion & discord.MH wrote:it seems you assumed I didn't try searching for an answer myself before posting.
no - i see what you write. if you don't share your (failed) attempts, i must assume there were none. simple.
also, your answer came only 20min after my answer. that's a little quick imo.
however, the search seems to suggest that kde's login manager does not have a guest account feature.
this forum thread seems to have a workaround: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=192891
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Re: Multiple user accounts, guest with no password
My approach would be to look for a way to notify the users, that the password for "guest" is "guest", for example :