Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:16:32 +0000 From: Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> To: Roey Dror <darwinian.empire@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GDM login without using a password Message-ID: <1225808192.3407.16.camel@main.lerwick.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <c9f50ec40811040602h15b0ae36uf234b7b53ea81f28@mail.gmail.com> References: <c9f50ec40811040602h15b0ae36uf234b7b53ea81f28@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:02 +0200, Roey Dror wrote: > I've searched around the internet for a way to allow a user to login > into GDM without using a password. > I know that GDM has an automatic login feature, but that's not what I'm looking. > I really do not wish to create a user with an empty password, in order > not to compromise the entire system security. > I found a mini-HOWTO which suggests using the pam_filelist module. > Unfortunately, I couldn't find this module in the ports system. > > Is there any other way to allow this user to login without using a > password only using GDM? > AFAIK the automatic login feature allows you to nominate a user to automatically log in as... it doesn't ask for the password but I think one can be set (so it doesn't need to be empty). Automatic login is a security risk in its self, the cracker is already one step closer. It is all controlled through gdmsetup. Regards Craig B
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