Questions tagged [auto-login]
Questions about having the computer automatically, without user intervention, login to an account at startup.
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pCloud Desktop does not save credentials
I am having some trouble with pCloud Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. I downloaded it from the official website.
I can't make it to save credentials when I turn off the pc. Every time I boot back into ubuntu ...
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Need further assistance with implementing autologin followed by an automatic lock screen function (Ubuntu 22.04.3)
I made this post previously, and I have provided a thorough description of what I want to achieve along with every step I've made towards trying to make it work. The post seems to have died, and I ...
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Autologin and automatic screen lock methods not working (Ubuntu 22.04.3)
I can't seem to get what is described in this thread to work... I even tried entering the command into the terminal, but all I get is command not found.
I have also tried the startup applications ...
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Error at system start when autologin is enabled
When I boot my Ubuntu 23.10 system with autologin enabled I get the error "Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occured and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again". ...
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How to fix graphical auto-login?
I tried to set up auto-login but I still have to login each time when I start up the computer. How can this be changed?
What if changing the Xubuntu settings (XFCE/System/Users and Groups) doesn't ...
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Enable Lubuntu 19.04 auto-login after installation
There is a guide here to disable auto-login after installation Lubuntu 19.04, but I couldn't find a way to enable it.
The only information about how to enable/disable it is as follows, but there is ...
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Autologin & RDP
First, apologies if my question was asked many times before or the answer is super obvious to you. I spend 2 hours or so searching for an answer and tried numerous things. I even asked ChatGPT (...
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Ubuntu Studio 23.04 - Autologin doesn't work
Using the default login manager / greeter (sddm) which seems to support both X11 and Wayland. However i have to type my password at each startup, despite trying every way i can think of to get my ...
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What is configured by setting "Log in user automatically" during install?
I set up a 22.04 desktop system for an elderly relative who lives in another state so I don't have physical access. I administer the system remotely over ssh.
The system was set up during install to ...
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Need sudo sometimes when I wakeup from suspend
Have z400 HP with Xeon W3550 with a KINGSTON SA400S3 (0100) SSD and Ubuntu 22:04. It says I need password to wake up the SSD. Have choose automatic log in. I have also ordninary disks i the machine.
I ...
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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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Upgrade to 20.04, mouse and keyboard don't work - any idea how I fix this?
Symptoms: After upgrading a dual-boot system from 19.10 to 20.04LTS, mouse and keyboard don't work. No input from either device is recognised, so switching to a tty is not possible. Pressing CTRL-ALT-...
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How can I ensure I can login to my laptop with a failing screen?
I have a Lenovo Flex with Ubuntu installed and the screen has been increasingly unreliable (flickering, sometimes just black). I'd like to ensure I can still use the computer when the screen dies, so ...
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Autologin option in user settings does not persist 22.04
Whilst there have been older questions asked, it might be worth putting this in for Jammy 22.04
Settings, User, Unlock , click automatic login.
there are no 'apply buttons'
repeat this, and the option ...
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Automatic Login with AD domain user on Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04
Does anyone know how to configure Ubuntu LTS 20.04 or 22.04 (Using default Gnome desktop) to perform autologin using a domain user account?
The client has been joined to the domain and it is possible ...
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Dozens of gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-autologin] processes
I have a non-server Ubuntu installation which I mainly use as a headless server. I don't remember what was the first version installed (there were several major upgrades) but right now I'm using the ...
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Auto-login LXDE
Dears,
I'm looking for a way to automatic login into LXDE GUI. I do not want to disable window manager but I want to start without a need to login without any login screen - just go directly into ...
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Running a command line .net application on boot, as a user, without needing login
I have a dotnet console application that when executed will run a loop and await a keypress. On certain keypresses it will perform an action (via api calls etc..)
I have a raspberry pi running ubuntu ...
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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 disable cconsole output after automatically logging in user (Ubtuntu Server 22.02 LTS)
i just set up Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS on an old Laptop of mine.
Before you ask in terms of security concerns: This is for personal use only, there is no enterprise / productive enviroment involved.
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Auto unlock keyring on auto login without leaving password unencrypted
So I keep getting this unlock keyring popup when I login to Ubuntu automatically. There is a fix here: How can I stop being prompted to unlock the 'default' keyring on boot?
I have been googling ...
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Persistent live install, stop auto login SDDM
I have searched all over and have found similar posts, but they are older and for different flavors. I am not interested in doing a full install. This saves a lot of space off a full install. I also ...
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Access ext4 from Windows 10 to undo changes in 2 config files
When I boot up Ubuntu I get the login screen, after logging in nothing happens and the mouse freezes but the keyboard still works. This is caused by two edits in separate config files, which is why I ...
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Evolution and Chrome hang on start - Keyring problem?
Recently, Evolution and Chrome started hanging whenever I try to start them.
I believe the problem has to do with the gnome-keyring: I use Ubuntu 20.04.3 with auto-login. Because of this, my login ...
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Lightdm(with slick-greeter) only starts AFTER tty login
I recently installed slick-greeter, and have wrestled with various configuration issues, and spent quite some time searching various threads across various distros for the issue I'm seeing.
That is, ...
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Ubuntu 18 Disable Auto Login
I enabled Autologin during current installation of Ubuntu 18 Bionic Beaver.
I would like to Disable the AutoLogin but going to:
"Settings -> Details -> Users"
Doesn't give me the ability to turn ...
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Microsoft Teams asks for login information at every startup
I recently installed Microsoft Teams 1.4.00.26453 (64-bit) on my Ubuntu 21.10 laptop.
My problem is that Teams keeps asking for the login information of my organization every time it starts. I have ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 will not auto login
I have tried switching it on in Settings/user.
I have tried setting the login keyring to no password.
I have tried changing the "sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf" file as shown in the screen ...
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Auto-login problem in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
To use my fingerprint sensor to login into my pc I tried to install some programs to use it, first I tried this one here, as it didn't work I tried another one which is here, after installing this my ...
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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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Enabling autologin in ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS server on raspi?
I don't want theinitial screen that asks for username/password in beginning of Ubuntu Server 20.04 since I am using this OS on raspberry device which runs a code in background on startup. How do skip ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS login loop (logged out right after entering password)
Right before this happened, I was updating some packages using conda (and sudo), and also install some addons for jupyter notebook (no idea if any of that is related to my problem or not). Something ...
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Autologin Xenial/OpenBox WITHOUT Lightdm
I installed the Ubuntu MINI.ISO on VMWare with OpenBox and would like to set my user on autologin, but I don't want to install lightdm, cause I think I don't need it.
All solutions I read until now ...
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Live CD with no GUI, with root autologin and autostart my console script
I need to create linux Live CD with latest kernel with next functions -
it must boot without any questions (language, menu, etc)
It must boot without GUI, only console and better with nomodeset
It ...
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When my PC starts. The system go directly to the workspace, instead to go to the login screen
I had one problem in my PC much time before this happen, my PC was formatted and the Ubuntu system was reinstalled by computer mechanic, now my PC work normally, but, when my PC start, happen the ...
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Super+L doesn't lock screen if auto-login is on
I have activated auto login in Settings -> Users -> Automatic Login
Now Super+L does nothing. It should lock the screen.
How can I restore Super+L behaviour?
Ubuntu 20.10, GNOME 3.38, Linux 5.8
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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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Wake up the system without having to enter a user password on Kubuntu [duplicate]
I am running Kubuntu 20.04 and I don't want to have to use a user password. I am the only user. How can I avoid having to write my user password each time I wake my laptop from sleep?
I tried many ...
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Auto-login sometimes fails
Running Ubuntu 12.04, 64-bit, 3.8.0-31-generic
Occasionally, perhaps 33%, on bootup, I get my MDM manual login screen and need to enter username/password, even though I've configured mdmsetup for ...
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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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Autologin with LightDM on Xenial (16.04)
How to setup autologin on Xenial with lighdm from a terminal (i.e. with an editor)?
Here is what I currently have done.
First I created the conf.d-dir which did not exist on my installation:
sudo ...
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How to make Lubuntu login automatically?
I want to know how to make Lubuntu 14.04 restart every two hours, login, and open a program. I am currently stuck on the first part which is to make it login automatically. I have tried changing ...
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How do I make Ubuntu studio auto login?
I have have set Ubuntu studio 18.04 to not ask for a password at login, but I still have click the login button to get started.
How do I get Ubuntu Studio to auto login and go straight to the desktop ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 GDM Auto-Login not working
I have selected the setting 'Automatic Login' from within the default Gnome 3 Ubuntu 17.10 control panel app, but it keeps resetting to 'off' after every restart and does not allow me to automatically ...
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Autologin and Wifi Password on Kubuntu 20.04
On Kubuntu 20.04: When I enter my login password after a reboot - the KDE wallet gets opened during login and the wifi password (which is stored in the wallet) can be read by the wifi configuration. ...
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Network Manager asks to unlock keyring after auto login
After updating from Precise to Trusty I get a popup requesting to unlock the keyring for Network Manager after each login (autologin is enabled). On the Internet people advise to make the connection ...
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What does the automatic login option do?
Under "User Accounts", there's a toggle option labeled Automatic Login:
What does that do if it's tabbed to "on"?
I haven't tried the function yet and I'd like advice from an ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 after update from 18.04 does not prompt for login on booting
I recently updated from ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04
I did this using sudo do-release-upgrade . On booting up I get auto-logged into the machine.
Can someone please help me figure this out. Will be glad to ...
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How to restart GDM3 with autologin on 18.04 and 19.04
On Ubuntu 16.04 with lightdm, and an autologin account, I can restart the graphical session with command :
sudo service lightdm restart
The account logs in automatically.
On Ubuntu 18.04 (and also ...
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Cannot log in automatically, that is, without asking for the password. Ubuntu 20.04
Automatic login does not work, not even for a single user by selecting the check on the installation screen in a newly formatted partition.
Nor have I achieved this by having three users and selecting ...
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