Questions about having the computer automatically, without user intervention, login to an account at startup.
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Startup applications can be run on the login screen stack without logging in?
I'm going to set up my computer to be turned on at night and it will automatically start downloading. For security reasons, I do not want to set up Ubuntu to automatically login! the problem is login ...
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Will my data be safe if my laptop is stolen when there is FDE and auto-login?
My SSD supports Full Disk Encryption (FDE). I have enabled FDE and set a password in BIOS.
In case my laptop is stolen or lost, I want nobody to be able to get my data. Is it now secure to allow ...
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What is “Unlock keyring” and how do I get rid of it? [duplicate]
(In my case this message never appeared before installing Ubuntu One - see this question). Can I use Ubuntu One and avoid being prompted each time like this? I use Lubuntu 12.04.
Edit: After ...
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12.10: Can Log Into Terminal, But Cannot Log Into Desktop
I just installed Ubuntu and after some struggles I have a GUI! However, on startup, it won't accept my password. Some more info:
I set it to "Login automatically" during install.
During the ...
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How do I set automatic login in Ubuntu 12.10?
When I boot my computer, I already have to enter my password to decrypt my drive. So an additional password at the login screen (Light DM) would not be necessary.
How do I enable automatic logging in ...
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How to disable autologin in Lubuntu?
I like to switch sometimes between Lubuntu and Ubuntu 2D on my laptop. But I especially like to choose which one I will use in the session I am about to start. But the only way of choosing is start ...
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Ubuntu automatically logs in as gdm how do I stop this?
Not sure what I did but as of this morning ubuntu on my imac has been auto logging in as gdm. I've tried the following remedies
reinstall lightdm and ubuntu-desktop
delete auto-login and set ...
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12.10 Login Screen Skipped, Just begins session
so ive got windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 dual booted with Windows 8 bootloader and grub timeout set to 0.
When it boots i dont even see the orange logo with the orange dots (loading screen) just a blank ...
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How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
When autologon is active, lightdm will start the Unity 3D session, not the 2D (or any other shell that I want to auto-login to).
Is there a way to start the shell I want automatically (autologon)?
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How to bypass login screen on boot?
I installed Ubuntu to dual boot on my XP box but it wouldn't ever work, so I uninstalled it and am now downloading it to install as a stand-alone OS on another PC.
But one thing it did do that drove ...
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12.04 How to automatically boot to single user mode with auto login
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on one of 4 machines and am configuring it. When the machine is used in "production" mode it will be headless and will need to boot into single user mode automatically ...
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Auto Login not working
I have Ubuntu 12.04 desktop running on my box. I enabled 'auto login' for my account (only account on system) and it has worked just fine before. I usually have it as a headless server. I needed to ...
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How can I Simultaneous login to all the Virtual Terminals?
This is a Ubuntu 12.04 Minimal Install.
When I scroll across these 6 terminals using Ctrl+Alt+F1 through
Ctrl+Alt+F6 ,
I have to independently login each of them; one-by-one.
Is their any way out ...
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How can I configure auto-login for an active domain user (after setting up likewise-open)?
After using likewise-open to join my Ubuntu box (12.04 LTE) to an active domain, I found myself a little stumped as to how I can have Ubuntu automatically log in as a user from that domain. I've ...
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How to login to my Ubuntu desktop like in Windows?
Today I tested something in 12.04. I have Automatic login enabled with password. So When I login a window pops up asking for the password. But I tested the following. I clicked cancel twice in the pop ...
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How to stop WiFi auto login attempts?
I have searched and have not found a solution.
There is four hotspots in my area, two secure and two not. Since I am at the edge of the free hotspots the connection drops now and again. As soon as ...
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How to disable automatic login?
I was playing around with "User accounts" and somehow set automatic login. Now, when I start my PC, it just has one button named as "login". Clicking that button, directly logs me in to my PC.
There ...
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How to boot as root without password on a headless Ubuntu 11.04?
I'm using a Pandaboard as a closed system (no Ethernet, wireless, or display) which runs ubuntu 11.04 server edition. I have a external power switch and I would like to boot up the system with this ...
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Changed account to auto login, now su password does not work
I have one user account on my laptop, and it has the same password as the su password. I changed the user account to an auto login account, and now the user password is not accepted (i.e. ...
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How do I remove Ubuntu's password requirement?
Here are my circumstances:
I am running Ubuntu 12.04.
I have one user account.
I absolutely hate the password requirement. How do I disable this requirement such that my Linux computer will behave ...
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How to enable guest account automatic login?
I noticed in Ubuntu 11.10, that finally there is possible to log in with guest account already from log in screen. The last step is remaining - how to enable the guest account automatically log in, ...
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Login Screen returns to login screen
After many many reboots in a couple days while experimenting with BIOS settings effecting the speed Hardbrake runs at, today I find after a reboot that I have to type in password to log in - ...
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How do I restore password security for log in? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get Ubuntu to ask me for at password at login again?
I have recently installed 12.10 to an HP Pavilion g6-2240sa laptop (dual boot addition to preloaded Windows ...
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Autologin not working on GDM with Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04
I would like to know how to make GDM to autologin with the default (and only) account. I use it with Gnome3 on my 2 machines (one with 12.04 and the other with 11.10).
I have selected to auto-login ...
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Empathy Sign-In automatically
When I start my machine the empathy starts unavailable until I press on the chat Icon at the upper right edge of the screen and set it as available
How can empathy start automatically after user ...
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Running application in “Kiosk mode” [closed]
I am trying to configure ubuntu to run an application only, without giving the user the ability to access a terminal or any other part of the system. This application is a fullscreen python GUI. I ...
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After login I only get a terminal window
First of, let me tell you I'm a n00b at ubuntu. I have updated my Ubuntu mediacenter to a later version of ubuntu, currently at 12.04. I'm working through a lot of updates to get to the latest. But ...
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My ubuntu 11.10 gets weird lately
I have quite a lot problems lately(about 2 weeks) running Ubuntu 11.10.
First, flash playback in chrome hangs and lags all the time. While in Firefox is better, but still lags. Playing video files in ...
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How do I startup the Computer with an alarm and run a scheduled program?
I want to start my torrent downloading at night after 11 PM so I need my computer to start automatically at 11 PM and then log in to an account and start a torrent program.
I know that I can start up ...
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How can I get live USB auto-login to show-real-user-name-on-panel?
My Ubuntu 12.04 live USB does an auto-login but does not show the users actual name next to the date and time indicator. Moreover the (presumably hacked) auto-login sets the key "user-show-menu" to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Drive breaking auto-login
I have a server that has 25 drives and running the Ubuntu Desktop OS at a remote data-center. I had a problem recently where the computer would not auto-login like it had been set up to, and would ...
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How to enable login password in Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to disable automatic login?
I install multiple Operating systems in Virtualbox. I have installed Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.10 too in it.
While installation of Ubuntu ...
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How to automatically lock my computer after logged in via auto login
i have setup my ubuntu 12.04 LTS (unity) to auto login after the computer is turned on after a power outage. so that the web server installed keeps running. but also i have to lock the computer right ...
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How can I enable autologin for my user account when the option is not there?
I'm running a fairly clean install of 12.04. I haven't really installed much software, only VMware tools as I'm running it on a Windows host using VMware workstation.
I am trying to enable automatic ...
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How to configure permanent autologin? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I enable auto-login in LightDM?
How to permanently disable LightDM greeter and enable autologin?
I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu 12.04 machine as a kiosk and I ...
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Programmaticaly change lightdm autologin session type
I have problem with lightdm setting autologin session type (using my config tool). Lightdm logs into previously selected session. I see that autologin-session is UNIMPLEMENTED in version 1.2.1. Maybe ...
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Auto Login not working unless keyboard is plugged in [closed]
I want to use Ubuntu with Unity (11.10) in a kiosk computer (touchscreen all-in-one pc).
I want to use touchscreen for all user input (like ATM).
During Installation I have created only one account ...
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How to make auto login work, “choose language” comes up?
I have auto-login on my 11.04 but when I start up I come to the login screen and it says "choose a language" but my language is already selected (English USA) to login I just press enter, but why does ...
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Automated login and screen lock
My computer only has a single user that is used for normal log in.
On boot, it would be convenient of the system would log in that user automatically, and then optionally, lock the screen, such as by ...
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How do I boot directly into a user's xterm?
04 64bit and user called 'ubuntu'
How do I boot my system into ubuntu user's xterm without loading gnome-desktop and prompting for password?
I have tried hacking grub, but it always asks me for ...
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ubuntu with no gnome-desktop autologin and fullscreen chromium
I'd like to achieve following:
no gnome-desktop
auto login a user and load .bashrc
auto startx and run my custom chromium
Now:
I'm able to start with text only, by adding "text" into ...
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Chromium completely shutting down
So this may sound a little weird, but my problem is that every time I start Chromium I have to login everywhere again (Facebook, Gmail etc.) no matter when I last logged in the last time.
I turn on ...
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How do I auto-login as root into the TTY upon boot?
I am working on creating a real time kernel with RT-PREEMPT patch.
I have created this kernel without graphic desktop. It comes up in the terminal mode with login prompt.
The requirement is, it should ...
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User that does not use password to login needs it to run a command
The user is set to login without a password. When trying to use that user to make a directory the user is asked to prvide a password. Since they don't have a password the system keeps rejecting them ...
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Where is the /etc/inittab file or how to set the default runlevel
I was trying to find the /etc/inittab where I do my autologin. But in Ubuntu 11.04 that file seems to be lost. Is this the correct way you do it in Ubuntu?
# Auto Login for Ubuntu how?
# 1. apt-get ...
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no 12.04 login after locking user account setting on autologin
I run 12.04 with gnome-classic. I wanted to get autologin since I am the only user.
I unlocked the user account GUI under settings, switched the slider to ON, then locked
the GIU. Since then a reboot ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop Automatic Login Not Working
When I first installed Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop on this machine the auto login worked fine. Now it does not. I've run some Google searches and I've seen plenty of the typical go to Settings and unlock ...
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How can I force 10.04 to automatically log me in (non-GUI soltion ideally)?
I am trying to get my installation of 10.04 to automatically log me in at start up. I tried to apply this method http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3121 but after creating the script there, I was ...
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How to disable autologin if the desktop is not functioning? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to disable automatic login?
I have tried to login to a desktop that is not fully functioning.
I want to get back to Ubuntu - I can do this if I could boot to the ...
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How do I set the GNOME Classic login to be the default with autologin?
I changed to gnome classic fallback, I auto-login but it defaults to unity 3d, how do I make auto-login default to gnome classic?
