Auto Login

[Leonid Mamtchenkov]

* Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> [11-Jan-2004 06:55]:
> It would appear that you are trying to make this like Windows and it
> ain't Windows. It is truly a multi-user operating system so little
> enthusiasm exists to do things that are contrary to the nature of
> security on a multi-user system. Inasmuch as any alteration of the
> username/password login mechanism extends to remote as well as the local
> console, this just would seem to be a very bad idea.

Linux can be used in a variety of single-user setups.  For example,
imagine a Linux PC at public information kiosks or exhibitions.  They
don't need any authentication - whoever comes up should start working on
it immediately.

The fact that Linux supports multi-user environments internally does not
mean that single-user mode is unnatural.  And, again, the fact that
someone wants to have autologin in GUI does not mean that the system is
completely open.  It's just a publicly available GUI - nothing more,
nothing less. :)

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 Leonid Mamtchenkov.
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