tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post6952548918943292190..comments2023-03-25T06:17:55.740-07:00Comments on Ubuntu Next 8.10: Guest SessionExsecrabilushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-14574473561600581962010-11-23T19:44:21.392-08:002010-11-23T19:44:21.392-08:00I, of course, a newcomer to this blog, but the aut...I, of course, a newcomer to this blog, but the author does not agreecialishttp://www.agir-galiza.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-90151444180242128432009-10-26T13:26:05.595-07:002009-10-26T13:26:05.595-07:00Following these steps i am able to allow login to ...Following these steps i am able to allow login to a user without password but when i use the command gdmflexiserver -a -c 'FLEXI_XSERVER_USER :user1' it still asks for a prompt whereas gdmflexiserver -a -c 'FLEXI_XSERVER_USER :guest' works fine. Why am i still being prompted for user1 password, and on top of that it does not actually take in any password successfully and after 3 failed attempts brings me back to the user name promptUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562306990132289885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-18086443781130720622008-11-03T12:47:00.000-08:002008-11-03T12:47:00.000-08:00As a third alternative, a guest account WITH passw...As a third alternative, a guest account WITH password works quite nicely. I have added the user guest with the following name "Guest (Use 'password' as password)". This guest is seen as a British flag in on the logon screen alongside the German flag used for the German guest (who runs a custom x-session with German language). No need to ask me for password or login name, it's pretty intuitive since the password instruction appears on the login screen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-29575787186674626342008-10-27T10:28:00.000-07:002008-10-27T10:28:00.000-07:00lol finally they added this I always just created ...lol finally they added this I always just created a user and called it guestjoecool362https://www.blogger.com/profile/03201767941351207266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-76868268327024058912008-09-28T14:50:00.000-07:002008-09-28T14:50:00.000-07:00It should be:sudo adduser guestinstead of just:sud...It should be:<BR/>sudo adduser guest<BR/>instead of just:<BR/>sudo adduser<BR/><BR/>(as in the post here giving the detailed explanation)<BR/><BR/>Great blog by the way. Now I know where to look to know what's new. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-41730478987712529412008-09-02T07:40:00.000-07:002008-09-02T07:40:00.000-07:00"cmd:" means type what comes in a terminal, and af..."cmd:" means type what comes in a terminal, and afterwards press enter<BR/><BR/>cmd: sudo adduser guest<BR/><BR/>(replace 'guest' with the username of the user)<BR/><BR/>Type into a password ('password' will do) twice.<BR/><BR/>Afer that it ask for more information (real name, telephone numbers <BR/>etc...) you can leave that empty, or you could fill in the real name <BR/>with 'Guest user' or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Confirm the information with 'y'<BR/><BR/>(Start not required)<BR/>Now remove the password from the user with<BR/>cmd: sudo passwd -d guest<BR/><BR/>(again replace 'guest' with correct username)<BR/>(End not required)<BR/><BR/>Now we have to configure gdm so it allows passwordless logins.<BR/><BR/>Change /etc/pam.d/gdm (with nano or your favourite editor with root <BR/>rights)<BR/>to include this line (before @include common-auth)<BR/>auth sufficient "pam_listfile.so sense=allow file=/etc/passwordless <BR/>item=user" (without quotes)<BR/><BR/>Now create the file /etc/passwordless, and add the username of each user <BR/>that should be able to login without a password on a line.<BR/>nathan@gamma:~$Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966623860157569602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-10383646680641384252008-09-02T07:37:00.000-07:002008-09-02T07:37:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966623860157569602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-88891943227241812282008-09-01T11:49:00.000-07:002008-09-01T11:49:00.000-07:00Can you post the complete tutorial on how to make ...Can you post the complete tutorial on how to make a manual guest session, what you just did and explained? That would be appreciated and I would edit this post, post about it, and credit you. :DExsecrabilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810066358446231370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209224432063086929.post-53826208262701859512008-09-01T06:35:00.000-07:002008-09-01T06:35:00.000-07:00I like this new feature, but I like to have anothe...I like this new feature, but I like to have another feature too (with a similar use case).<BR/><BR/>My family (mother / sister /brother) occasionaly use my laptop. For simplicity I didn't set a password on the account I created for them ('gast', is dutch for 'guest').<BR/><BR/>This has some advantages: I can set a big icon on the desktop for firefox (so that don't have to search), if they save a file the can view it later without the need to redownload it...<BR/><BR/>Setting this up takes some time because Ubuntu doesn't support passwordless login out-of the box. First I need to remove the password on the commandline, then I have to modify gdm's configuration to allow passwordless logins.<BR/><BR/>This could be made simpeler by ubuntu/gnome if they supported this behaviour out of the box.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966623860157569602noreply@blogger.com