To auto-login or to not auto-login?

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Am Thu, 13. April 2006 12:58 schrieb Daniel Carrera:
> Hello,
>
> Okay, say I give a computer to a non-technical user willing to try
> Ubuntu. Should it be set to auto-login?
>
> On the one hand, he'll think it's annoying to login every time. On the
> other, he's more likely to forget his password if he never has to type
> it and that'll be a problem for installing software.
>
> Does anyone have experience with non-technical users?

Not to forget not setting a password.

And a very good solution is using chipcards as 'key'.
But it needs a very skilled administrator to set this up.
And it is not a cheap solution, but quite bulletproof I would say.

regards,
Thomas