[DONE] remember name login

hathor · 2017-11-01 07:29:50

It would not be comfortable for the system to remember the username so that it does not have to be written at all.

In :

/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf

Add :

[SeatDefaults]
greeter-hide-users=false

Last edited by johnraff (2017-11-05 05:51:08)

hhh · 2017-11-01 21:00:21

earlybird wrote:

Tracking the issue here https://github.com/BunsenLabs/bunsen-configs/issues/59.

I've posted a response there.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-11-02 06:57:36

I prefer the Debian default, ie, to *not* fill the username field by default.

Steve · 2017-11-02 08:52:28

I think i remember a similar discussion on this and that it made for better security to have the greeter hide usernames.

brontosaurusrex · 2017-11-02 09:18:17

Do we have a great sed/awk/whatever line that would toggle:
a. show username (on/off)
b. autologin (on/off)
?

Az · 2017-11-04 08:34:55

sed -i '
    /\[SeatDefaults\]/{
         :1
         n
        /greeter-hide-users=/! b1 
        s/#\+//
        t2
        :2
        s/=false/=true/
        t
        s/=true/=false/
    }' /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf

Last edited by Az (2017-11-04 08:43:24)

hhh · 2017-11-05 04:23:33

Security was the reason we decided the way we did at the time, plus it's what Debian sets as the default behavior.

However, this is not the first time this suggestion has been made and we are changing our lightdm-greeter configuration. Thanks, @hathor, for raising this issue again.

Discussion and the change commit of this is at the GitHub thread...
https://github.com/BunsenLabs/bunsen-configs/issues/59

DeepDayze · 2017-11-06 03:01:46

The user should set the behavior if needed while the default of hiding the username is a good thing from a security standpoint.

jerk-o · 2017-11-06 06:11:31

Would it be possible for bl-welcome to ask about this?

brontosaurusrex · 2017-11-06 06:34:02

@Az, not sure what that does, but looks awesome.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-11-06 07:05:14

brontosaurusrex wrote:

@Az, not sure what that does

It toggles the user display, as requested.

looks awesome

+1

@{DeepDayze,jerk-o}: the decision has already been made and the default has been changed (sadly).

Use Az's `sed` invocation to restore the sane setting

johnraff · 2017-11-06 10:02:35

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Use Az's `sed` invocation to restore the sane setting

That won't work I'm afraid because the BL file 50_bunsen.conf takes higher priority than 01_debian.conf. Edit the BL file, or better, add your own user file 90_user.conf.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-11-06 17:57:19

^ well, that's convenient...

johnraff · 2017-11-07 02:18:06

^Yes. The user can add any personal tweaks to a file in /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d and they will remain even after upgrades of grub or bunsen-configs, as long as the filename starts with a highish number like 90. That's why 01_debian.conf is numbered low, and 50_bunsen.conf a bit higher, but still allowing users to take priority over that. (Edits to 01_debian.conf would be wiped out by package upgrades.)

Those .d directories are very convenient.

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