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| Started by | cl@isbd.net |
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| First post | 2015-09-05 18:24 +0100 |
| Last post | 2015-09-28 19:25 +0100 |
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How do I change the GUI login user? cl@isbd.net - 2015-09-05 18:24 +0100
Re: How do I change the GUI login user? "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2015-09-05 20:33 +0200
Re: How do I change the GUI login user? cl@isbd.net - 2015-09-28 19:25 +0100
| From | cl@isbd.net |
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| Date | 2015-09-05 18:24 +0100 |
| Subject | How do I change the GUI login user? |
| Message-ID | <24lrbc-p16.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> |
A simple question but I can't find how to do it. I want to change the user that logs in to the Pi GUI. This is on a new raspbian installation. I don't care too much if it logs me in automatically as the new user or if I have to enter name and password. -- Chris Green ·
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| From | "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> |
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| Date | 2015-09-05 20:33 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <55eb355e$0$23742$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> |
| In reply to | #9534 |
On 05/09/2015 19:24, cl@isbd.net wrote: > A simple question but I can't find how to do it. > > I want to change the user that logs in to the Pi GUI. This is on a > new raspbian installation. I don't care too much if it logs me in > automatically as the new user or if I have to enter name and password. # Add a new user "newname": sudo adduser newname # Edit user rights, duplicate last line, replace pi with newname: sudo visudo # Add newname to all the same groups as pi, except group pi: for i in $(groups pi | sed 's/.*: //' | sed 's/^pi //'); do sudo adduser newname $i; done # Use newname for GUI login, edit: autologin-user=newname sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
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| From | cl@isbd.net |
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| Date | 2015-09-28 19:25 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <1adodc-tc5.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> |
| In reply to | #9535 |
A. Dumas <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote: > On 05/09/2015 19:24, cl@isbd.net wrote: > > A simple question but I can't find how to do it. > > > > I want to change the user that logs in to the Pi GUI. This is on a > > new raspbian installation. I don't care too much if it logs me in > > automatically as the new user or if I have to enter name and password. > > # Add a new user "newname": > sudo adduser newname > # Edit user rights, duplicate last line, replace pi with newname: > sudo visudo > # Add newname to all the same groups as pi, except group pi: > for i in $(groups pi | sed 's/.*: //' | sed 's/^pi //'); do sudo adduser > newname $i; done > # Use newname for GUI login, edit: autologin-user=newname > sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf > Brilliant, thank you, all done and working. (Well, I edited /etc/group directly but near enough) -- Chris Green ·
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