[fastBootMiniBoF] auto-login with xscreensaver lock?

[Thom May]

* Karl Hegbloom (hegbloom at pdx.edu) wrote :
> http://www.fooishbar.org/blog//tech/ubuntu/fastBootMiniBoF-2004-12-09-13-45.html
> 
> I wonder if a gdm auto-login could start the session with the
> xscreensaver screen lock on?  That would provide some security, but
> speed the boot, right?
> 
Hmm. It would definitely speed the boot, but you could only reasonably do
it if you had one user on the system only - this is similar to how WinXP
behaves:
 if (one user):
         autologin
 else:
         show greeter

this is much harder under unix, given the numerous methods of network
derived authentication.
Worth thinking about, though.
-Thom