[fastBootMiniBoF] auto-login with xscreensaver lock?

Tollef Fog Heen tfheen at canonical.com
Fri Dec 17 08:23:55 CST 2004


* Thom May 

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

Use getent passwd together with some sed magic to check whether it's a
real user (and uid >= 1000)?

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Tollef Fog Heen                                                        ,''`.
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