PLDWWW: Packages/Gdm

[patrys]

Author: patrys   Date: Sun Sep  7 00:00:13 2008 GMT
Module: PLDWWW   URL: http://pld-linux.org/Packages/Gdm
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= GDM =

== Allowing users with no password ==

Sometimes (on LiveCDs for example) you might want to allow users with no password ({{{passwd -d user}}}) to use GDM.

There are two changes to be done. First, edit {{{/etc/pam.d/system-auth}}} and find the {{{pam_unix.so}}} module for the {{{auth}}} action:

{{{
auth		required	pam_unix.so try_first_pass
}}}

Add {{{nullok}}} to that module's parameters:

{{{
auth		required	pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok
}}}

Second, edit {{{/etc/gdm/custom.conf}}} and add the following line to the {{{[security]}}} section:

{{{
PasswordRequired=false
}}}

Now either restart GDM or kill your current X session with Ctrl+Alt+BkSpace.