How to REQUIRE a user to Login at boot

[Trainingwheels]

Hi.

I have noticed that Linux Mint boots immediately to the desktop. How can I set it up to boot to a Log In screen which demands a user name and password?

Thanks

[remoulder]

Are you referring to a live cd/dvd? If so then this is how it is meant to work, you cannot change the login. If you mean an installed system then you have to disable automatic login for the user in system settings.

[klick]

I'm seeing the same thing on my Mint 14 Cinammon HD install. I have two accounts; an admin account and a limited account. I checked the "users" in System Tools and both display "Off" for automatic login. But, when I boot the system, it automatically sends me to the admin account. I can get into the user account from the admin account, but that's not the best or most expedient way to do it.

For safety's sake, I would rather log into and work from a limited account. Ideas?

[DrHu]

The first created account isn't a normal user, it is part of an admin group now part of the sudo group (a groups change for the desktop (OS)..))

So try creating another new user and seeing that it should require a logon as part of the desktop load sequence..
--and let us know if that works

If it doesn't, show us the settings for that user..
--then we'll see what might be your problem!

limited account is a windows term
--if terminology matters much

[klick]

OK, I added another standard account with a password, auto login says "off" for this account and the others, too. I restarted the computer and it went directly to the admin account.

I recall during installation, there was an option for logging in automatically; I selected that. I wonder if thay selection might be the cause of the problem?

What settings would you need to know for the user account?

[TheDynamicHamza21]

On MATE using MDM (I'm unsure what Cinnnamon uses) but in usr/share/mdm/defaults.conf file it reads:

[daemon]
# Automatic login, if true the first attached screen will automatically logged
# in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=

Check to see if your file says "true" instead of "false". changing it to false should work.

[klick]

On MATE using MDM (I'm unsure what Cinnnamon uses) but in usr/share/mdm/defaults.conf file it reads:

[daemon]
# Automatic login, if true the first attached screen will automatically logged
# in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=

Check to see if your file says "true" instead of "false". changing it to false should work.

Thanks for the reply; here's what I found:

# Automatic login, if true the first attached screen will automatically logged
# in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=

It would appear that since the AutoLoginEnable = false, it shouldn't be logging in automatically. Hmmm.......

[klick]

This thread has gotten a bit quiet, so I'll bump it to see if anyone has any ideas. If not, I guess I'll reinstall.

Anyone?

[eanfrid]

You should not modify anything in /usr/share. It is a very wrong way to set system parameters.

Current system parameters are all under /etc. Then you only have to modify "/etc/mdm/mdm.conf" by adding "AutomaticLoginEnable=false" in the "[daemon]" section. And there is even a graphical way to do this in the MDM Login manager.

Why would you reinstall your OS because a single line of text is missing ? ... an old-time Windows troubleshooting method ?

[klick]

You should not modify anything in /usr/share. It is a very wrong way to set system parameters.

Current system parameters are all under /etc. Then you only have to modify "/etc/mdm/mdm.conf" by adding "AutomaticLoginEnable=false" in the "[daemon]" section. And there is even a graphical way to do this in the MDM Login manager.

Why would you reinstall your OS because a single line of text is missing ? ... an old-time Windows troubleshooting method ?

OK, I found the /etc/mdm/mdm.conf, but it is labeled "read only" and it won't allow me to make changes. I didn't fully undestand the verbiage at the top of the file; could someone give me some info on what to do next?

Thanks!

[DrHu]

OK, so /etc/.. is a system area file and needs sudo (in a terminal) or gksudo prefix before selection command for the GUI settings in oreder to write changes to a file (edit..)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesyste ... y_Standard
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux ... ml?ca=dat-
--Linux file system and contents

There are plenty of information about Linux, its files and various users commands (bash: terminal) and usually the distribution guides/tutorials/forums or help documents to enable most users to find their way around the system and its OS operations..
--and it is not so different from either the Windows OS or Apple OSX desktops as to be unfathomable..(at least as I see it)

http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_nadia_whatsnew.php

I am sure you will be able to find the system settings, I think it is control but it doesn't really matter since flipping around the menus just like any other windows OS user will locate the appropriate program or file location for you, then it is a matter of finding the part of the control panel or settings to use to change user login process etc..

[klick]

I got it figured out. Thanks for all the help.

Edited to add: Here's how it got fixed: Menu> System Tools> Administration> Login Window> Security Tab.

The User Accounts section had login controls that, apparently, didn't work.