Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

[John Vivirito]

On 03/24/2010 04:51 PM, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Phillip Susi wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote:
>>>> That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs
>>>> (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CDs) then even
>>>> having physical access won't give you immediate access to files in the
>>>> user home directory.
>>>
>>> I didn't think auto logon was an option if you were using encryption...
>>> at least it's a very bad idea since it defeats the purpose of encryption
>>> in the first place.  Most people don't use that though, so...
>>
>> I'm having some trouble imagining how auto-login would even work with
>> encrypted filesystems - auto-decryption, too?
> 
> It doesn't work.  As it shouldn't work.
> 
I dont have a problem setting auto log in. Also when you install Lucid
it gives you the choice to auto log in with encrypted file system IIRC

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    John Vivirito

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