[Bug 1561302] Re: gdm won't allow passwordless login

[J. J. Ramsey]

For the Ubuntu GNOME live DVD/USB in particular, the lack of a
passwordless session is a problem because it means that the user has to
jump through hoops to try out GNOME Classic. Instead of just logging
out, choosing the GNOME Classic session, and logging back in, a user has
to figure out that he/she needs to set the Live Session User's password,
and *then* log out and choose the GNOME Classic session.

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Title:
  gdm won't allow passwordless login

Status in gdm:
  Unknown
Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  New
Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Live session user does not have a password set, however gdm won't
  allow login in this case since the "Sign In" button is disabled.

  Normally this should be too much of an issue, since the login screen
  should only be hit on logout from the live session, some people are
  reporting hitting the gdm login screen on boot due to ubiquity-dm
  failing to boot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: gdm3 3.18.2-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Mar 24 13:55:19 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-23 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323)
  SourcePackage: gdm3
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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