[xubuntu-users] login on boot

[fred roller]

Good to know the diff... thank you.

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:54 AM, <flocculant at gmx.co.uk> wrote:

> On 09/02/16 22:36, fred roller wrote:
>
> Have you tried
> Menu -> All Settings -> (System) Users and Groups -> [your user] ->
> Change... (next to "Password")
>
> Uncheck "Don't ask for password on login" and set your password.
>
> HTH
> Fred
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 4:53 PM, <flocculant at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 09/02/16 21:37, Tim Hanson wrote:
>>
>>> I made a mistake while installing 15.04 last month.
>>>
>>> When the install program asked me if I wanted a password challenge on
>>> boot, I checked "no" by accident.  Now I have a wide open laptop on boot,
>>> so that someone would have to merely reboot to have full access to my home
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> What do I do to change the system to require a password on boot?
>>>
>>> Check out /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/60-xubuntu.conf
>>
>> Then when you've done that - check out upgrading to 15.10 as soon as
>> possible - 15.04 went end of life last week, the repos last for a while but
>> will be turned off soon. <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades
>>
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>
>
> IIRC setting no password at install causes autologin, changing it from
> (System) Users and Groups just changes whether the password is asked for at
> the login screen- IF you see it.
>
> OP needs to remove the autologin line to stop the behaviour he sees
> currently.
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