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Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae

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On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 11:28 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote:
> On 8/10/19 7:52 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
> > In an older version of debian (7 or so) I had my system set so the 
> > login screen would show my user name as the default.
> > 
> > That went away after some version upgrade or reinstall and I've 
> > silently grumbled about it ever since (especially when I inadvertently 
> > flash part of my password as my muscle memory has me entering it in 
> > the blank user name slot!).
> > 
> > I have tried searching for the solution but so far have found nothing.
> > 
> > I have also tried "find ~/.config -exec grep -i user {} \; -print " 
> > and found nothing that seemed worth a deeper look.
> > 
> > Can anyone help me?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > -Tom
> 
> you can edit lightdm.conf/lightdm.conf

Do you mean /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf ?

> 
> below this header
> #
> [Seat:*]
> 
> find these lines
> 
> # autologin-user=
> # autologin-user-timeout=0
> 
> uncomment the first and add the user name
> 
> uncomment the second line if you want autologin (no password)

Uncommenting that line won't change behaviour as the comments give what
the defaults are. If you set a value for autologin-user then that user
will be automatically logged in without asking for a password (this is
what I use). I believe setting autologin-user-timeout to a non-zero
value will delay that number of seconds giving the user chance to
cancel auto-login and select another user. I don't know if that matches
the behaviour Tom is looking for or if he always requires a password to
be entered.

-- 
Tixy

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Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2019-08-10 17:00 +0200
  Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-08-10 17:10 +0200
    Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2019-08-10 17:30 +0200
  Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-08-10 20:50 +0200
    Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2019-08-10 21:20 +0200
      Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-08-11 01:50 +0200
  Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Mindaugas Celiesius <m.celiesius@yandex.ru> - 2019-08-11 19:40 +0200
    Re: Buster Mate: how to set default user nae Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2019-08-11 22:10 +0200

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