Want a profile with no password login (wife is the boss) [SOLVED]

perchslayer · 2016-01-16 02:34:13

Could not find this topic with various searches. And when I attempt to use the "adduser" command, it insists on a password to move forward (unix). And I went to another (older) Crunchbang thread on the topic, but it mentions a (now?) non-existent menu item?
Crunchbang Linux Configuring Automatic Logins

Gerard McGarry wrote:

Right-click anywhere on your Crunchbang desktop and browse to the System menu. Click on GDM Login Set-up. You’ll be prompted for your administration password to make these changes.
Now, when the Login Window Preferences window appears, click on the Security tab and select Enable automatic login. You need to use the drop-down box to select the user account to log in when the computer starts.
Save your settings and reboot the computer. It should log in automatically first time.

Last edited by perchslayer (2016-01-16 03:47:02)

porkpiehat · 2016-01-16 02:39:16

This might help: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=895

You will still need to specify a password for the new user, but you can log in as that user without a password.

Last edited by porkpiehat (2016-01-16 02:40:15)

perchslayer · 2016-01-16 03:06:17

Thanks, but no cigar. No, that creates an "auto-login"....don't want that. What she wants is to be able to type her username in that box, enter NOTHING in the passoword box and successfull click the "OK" button to login.

Crazy, huh?

But that is what she wants. And I don't seem to be able to get there from here.

Also, do you know how to make the screen NOT lockup when you walk away for 5 minutes?
And do you know if the time units in whatever config file that might exist in is in seconds, minutes, hours, days?

For all the robustness, the unix/linux Gods don't seem to keen on specifying time units.

damo · 2016-01-16 03:35:40

perchslayer wrote:

....
Also, do you know how to make the screen NOT lockup when you walk away for 5 minutes?
And do you know if the time units in whatever config file that might exist in is in seconds, minutes, hours, days?
....

For the display: `Menu -> Preferences -> Power Management`.
Also see Unable to disable screen lock. [Solved]

Which "time units" are you talking about?

NB It is better to have different questions as different topics

EDIT: You can try creating a user, then deleting the password (I haven't tried this, and it isn't a recommended practice!)
"To create an user without a password, use `sudo passwd -d $username` after the user is created to make the password empty. Note not all systems allow users with empty password to log in."

Last edited by damo (2016-01-16 03:41:12)

perchslayer · 2016-01-16 03:46:21

Sorry about that. Noted. And roger on saving power. <grin>

Also, I found the answer to the "no-password" login option

I found it on the UBUNTU forum here:

Can I set my user account to have no password? wrote:

You can't do that using the GUI tool, but you can using the terminal.
First, if your user has sudo privileges, you must enable its NOPASSWD option. Otherwise, sudo will ask for a password even when you don't have one, and won't accept an empty password.
To do so, open the sudoers configuration file with sudo visudo, and add the following line to the file, replacing david with your username:
david ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
Close the editor to apply the changes, and test the effect on sudo in a new terminal.
Delete the password for your user by running this command, replacing david with your username:
sudo passwd david -d

And I found it here: Can I set my user account to have no password?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-01-16 10:42:35

You put your wife in the sudoers file?

Don't you get enough of that in real life?
8o

But seriously, there's no need to alter /etc/sudoers unless your wife needs to use the `sudo` command.

perchslayer · 2016-01-16 19:19:58

Thank you kindly for the keen observation. And yes, I will retract the sudoers ability. After all, I might need her to make me a sandwich or something <grin>.

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Want a profile with no password login (wife is the boss) [SOLVED]

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