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Idea
#205: Autologin by default
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Written by tycoon666 the 28 Feb 08 at 20:31.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
When there is only one User on the Computer, the GDM Login makes no sense.
It makes the User think that his Data is secure while in fact it isn't as anybody can get root privileges choosing the recovery mode in grub or using a LiveCD ...
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joaz wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 00:05
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You can already easily configure your gdm to auto login as a specific user, if you want. I don't want that as default option for any system.
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Estesark wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:52
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Agreed. It's available through configuration anyway. It creates an extra layer of security, which should be the default option.
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Hawke wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 22:17
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You could argue the same in the other direction: "you could easily configure your gdm to not auto login". Just because it's the way it is now, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
And I, for one, don't see it as an *useful* layer of security (for most users)
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jonathan324 wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 21:19
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It's more secure. 95% of the people I know wouldn't think about recovery modes or cd's.
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korvins wrote on the 2 Aug 08 at 12:06
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I like this idea.
+1
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