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Linux User not able to login
I am trying to create new users using useradd command using root credentials it is getting created properly but when I log in with the newly created user with its credentials using a PuTTY Console, I ...
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How to make SLiM not render anything at login prompt?
I've just figured I don't actually need an image when logging into slim, especially if that image is a few megabytes large.
Currently they're both set to 1x1 png images, however, then that image has ...
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How to enter/choose session after logout without password in (Linux Mint) Xfce?
I have Linux Mint 14 Xfce (4.10) and have also installed LXDE desktop, so I can choose between these sessions if I want. Normally I would set one as default and at startup I am not asked for ...
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How to create a user that didn't shows up on login screen?
I need to run the webbrowser with another user but I don't want the user to be shown at the login screen. How can I create a user that will not be listed on the login screen? GNOME/Scientific Linux ...
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Mint 13: Is it possible to skip standard login password dialog in presence of a pendrive with the key
To meet my security needs I set up quite long user password on my notebook. But when I am at home or other secure location, typing it down is cumbersome.
It would be nice to let the gdm (or: mdm, ...
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how to disable auto login in linux mint
I'm using linux mint with Cinnamon. The login screen comes to type a username but it also displays that in 10 seconds userx will be automatically logged in.
And it happens.
How to make it wait ...
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How do I set my login avatar in MATE? (Fedora 17)
Plain old GNOME 2 had a panel applet which displayed your user long name. It had a menu option under which you could set an image to be a login avatar, and it appeared in the gdm display manager (aka ...
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Slim exit as username ends in black screen
I recently installed Arch Linux on my notebook and it works fine.
But there is still one small problem. Following to the SLiM manual I can use exit to exit to the shell.
Unlike expected, I won't ...
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Can't get to desktop
After installing a base command line install of Ubuntu 10.04, I installed slim and xfce which worked fine for the first 2 or 3 reboots. However, now when I start up, it gets to the slim login screen, ...
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How to change login screen in CrunchBang?
I am on SLiM, and I don't like the default login screen. I want a login screen like the one shown below:
But instead I have a pretty minimal one which has just one textbox and nothing else on the ...
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My .xsession and .xinitrc files are not executing
I have installed xmobar, xmonad on ubuntu 11.04.
#!/bin/bash
trayer --edge top --align right --SetDockType true --SetPartialStrut true \
--expand true --width 10 --transparent true --tint ...
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Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment
I posted a question and noticed people weren't distinguishing correctly between many of these things: Windows Managers vs Login Managers Vs Display Managers Vs Desktop Environment. Can someone please ...
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Trying to remove password echo in Redhat 5 when logging in
I'm running Redhat 5.6 with the gnome display manager. I would like to configure the login manager so that there is no echo of the password when typing it in (no asterisks or the like). I have ...
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Can I create a local only guest account?
Is it possible to create a "guest" account in Linux? by "guest" account I mean an account that does not require a password to log in graphically.
I want this account for when people come over and are ...
