Bug #290467, wether to add doumentation for automatic login.

[Dougie Richardson]

I think a lecture in that tone is unnecessary, the freedom argument is just as true for my opinion as it is for yours.

-----Original Message-----
From: Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com>
Sent: 30 October 2008 03:34
To: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Bug #290467, wether to add doumentation for automatic login.

Hey there,

Dougie Richardson wrote:

> With regard to the above bug [1], there is a request to add
> documentation explaining how to automatically login.
 
> As Matthew, Phil and I have posted on the issue I think it worth
> further discussion. The poster asks for passwordless root access
> login, which we agree is not an option.

<SNIP>
 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-doc/+bug/290467

Short answer:

It's a feature. Document it. (:

Long answer:

You might want to rethink your position on this. Since it's a feature
available in Ubuntu and Kubuntu (and the other derivatives as well?)
by default, it deserves to be documented. If anything, documenting it
gives you the opportunity to add warnings as to why this is not
advised.

A Google search for "automatic login ubuntu" gives 2,820,000 hits. A
search for "automatic login kubuntu" gives 93,200 hits. It seems like
this is a Topic Of Interest.

Freedom is the absolute core of Linux. If people wish to set up
automatic logi

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