disabling auto logon does not work (mint 17 mate 64b)

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pablok
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disabling auto logon does not work (mint 17 mate 64b)

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I installed mint 17 and started with making three users. I could disable the auto logon for the second and third user.
But I seem unable to disable it for the first user I made.

Please advice
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Re: disabling auto logon does not work (mint 17 mate 64b)

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Log in as the first user (administrative user) and run

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gksudo mdmsetup
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Re: disabling auto logon does not work (mint 17 mate 64b)

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thx, will try it.
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Re: disabling auto logon does not work (mint 17 mate 64b)

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Uncheck the "Enable Auto Login" box here >>>
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