Live 11 USB can't disable automatic login

Kakao · #1 17th June 2009, 02:37 PM

Booting from USB in a eeepc 701.

Can't disable automatic login. Tried to comment out the lines in /etc/gdm/custom.conf:

Code:

#TimedLoginEnable=false
#TimedLogin=liveuser
#TimedLoginDelay=60
#AutomaticLoginEnable=false

What else should I do?

schneidz · #2 18th June 2009, 06:04 PM

maybe instead of commenting those variables remove the hashes (#'s):

Code:

TimedLoginEnable=false
#TimedLogin=liveuser
TimedLoginDelay=3600
AutomaticLoginEnable=false

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whats the difference 'tween TimedLoginEnable and AutomaticLoginEnable ?

Kakao · #3 18th June 2009, 06:26 PM

Tried that. What worked for me was just to click Cancel at the auto-login prompt and when I logged out all the users were there waiting to be chosen.

schneidz · #4 18th June 2009, 07:43 PM

can you change this to someone who doesnt exist:
TimedLogin=homer_simpson
maybe the login will just fail.
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also what happens when you give liveuser a password (passwd).
else modify the name of liveruser to something else.

then the autologin will fail and anyone will have to login manually with a username and password.