Questions tagged [auto-login]
Questions about having the computer automatically, without user intervention, login to an account at startup.
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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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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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How do I remove the default keyring login in Jammy?
I had this working in Focal and now I've upgraded I don't have the option in seahorse to remove the default keyring password, as described here: https://www.xmodulo.com/disable-entering-password-...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Automatic Login "ON" but login screen persists on startup Linux Ubuntu 18.04
I am trying to enable automatic log-in on a linux PC that starts a QT application on startup. There is only one user account on the machine, and I have Automatic Login "ON" in the user settings. ...
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Login loop after host rename using hostnamectl
I renamed my host with
hostnamectl set-hostname 'new-hostname'
Now I am stuck in a login loop and can only access my computer with the recovery mode.
I searched around and everybody is says that ...
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Auto login problem on Kubuntu
I did not find someone that had a similar problem so I am asking here.
I turned on Auto Login on Kubuntu 19.10 and everytime I start the system I get two windows asking me to insert the password. One ...
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Ubuntu 18 autologin only works if monitor is on
I have autologin enable in Ubuntu 18 and it only works if my monitor is powered on, otherwise it will not login.
I asked a similar question recently and realised that it wasn't a consistent non-login ...
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Lightdm automatically logs in my user on Ubuntu Xenial when I log out from XFCE
Lightdm automatically logs in my user on Ubuntu Xenial when I log out from XFCE on Ubuntu Xenial.
I have no /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file and don't belong to the nopasswdlogin group either :
$ ls /...
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Ubuntu mini auto login
Installed Ubuntu mini (Ubuntu 18.04-mini.iso) and chose at the end Lubuntu mini package option.
Next issued
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-core
in order to have a graphical interface.
Want to have ...
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How to disable automatic root login in Ubuntu 19 at startup?
I have enabled automatic root login in Ubuntu 19. But I want to disable this feature.
I have tried a lot using this link. But I cant disable this automatic root login.
I have tried this link. I ...
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Auto login on boot Ubuntu 18.04.3 server
I am trying to configure a Ubuntu server to automatically log in on boot.
I have tried to edit the /etc/gdm3/custom.conf file, but that did not allow me to autologin.
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Ubuntu server startup getty autologin interrupt to login to custom user
Right now I have autologin enabled for my ubuntu server
sudo systemctl edit getty@tty1
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a user1 --noclear %I $TERM
Type=idle
But I want to have a delay ...
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Automatic login no longer working in 19.10
I had an Ubuntu 19.04 with automatic login enabled (desktop PC). After the upgrade to 19.10 I could no longer log in successfully. After booting an unlock screen was displayed where I could select my ...
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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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autologin not working after upgrade
I installed ubuntu 18.04.1 and autologing in worked great, after running apt-upgrade autologin stops working and I'm confronted with a login screen after boot. How can I get autologin to work again?
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Can you make keyring unlock automatically even during autologin?
I use full disk encryption, so I think I do not need manual keyring unlocking. I want to get rid of chromium-browser requesting me to unlock keyring when I star it.
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Automatically login on ubuntu server, but not in a tty?
I would like to have my user automatically log in on ubuntu server (so that various "on login" services start), but I do not want that user to be authenticated in one of the various available ttys. ...
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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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login password on ubuntu 18
On Ubuntu 18.04 I haven't been able to get rid of having to do a login with password every time when coming up from sleep mode. Have went to the "user" section and done the unlock thing and turned on ...
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How to auto login to Ubuntu Server after installation using preseed file
I am flashing ubuntu server on system through automation i.e. which includes preseed file.
I need to autologin user once ubuntu server is installed.
I have tried approach mentioned in this link https:...
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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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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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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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Disable auto-login on Lubuntu 18.10
When I installed Lubuntu, I checked the auto-login option. I'd like to turn it off now. I'm not seeing it in the GUI settings anywhere, and I can't find a conf file for it (such as in /etc/sddm/).
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auto login with AD user 16.04
I configured ubuntu 16.04 with AD Domain user.
I use GNOME display manager and lightdm as login greeter
I can login with the domain user as normal after boot with no problem!
when i configure lightdm ...
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Auto login on specific location/network
I'm pretty new with Linux Ubuntu (18.04) and have got impression that it can be configured to do just about anything. So I wonder if there's a possibility to automatically log in at home and password ...
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Use Luks password for login?
I have the same password for my swap encryption and my login as main user. So it would be nifty to take the password from the boot-pw-dialogue to log in. Already the system uses the password to ...
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