[SOLVED] User unlock on terminal

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[SOLVED] User unlock on terminal

Post by Kibiras »

Hello,

Is that possible to make this: when LinuxMint start, there is a screen where you need to write password of your user. Is there any way to see terminal after LinuxMint start and enter password in there? And then it will unlock user and show desktop.
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Re: User unlock on terminal

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What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
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Re: User unlock on terminal

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ajgringo619 wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:03 pm What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
Unlock PC with Terminal, but not with interface.
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Re: User unlock on terminal

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What's the end goal here?
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IGNORE ALL THAT - adding "single" to boot line just gives a weird result now.
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Moem wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:33 am What's the end goal here?
As I told before: Unlock PC with Terminal, but not with interface.
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And to what purpose do you want to unlock using the terminal?
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Moem wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 3:42 am And to what purpose do you want to unlock using the terminal?
Sorry, but is this question related to my question in any way? I'm just asking for a help :).
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Well, keep it to yourself then, if it's a secret. People might be more inclined to help, or more able to, if they knew your end goal.
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Re: User unlock on terminal

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Kibiras wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:26 am
ajgringo619 wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:03 pm What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
Unlock PC with Terminal, but not with interface.
What's the difference? In both ways you just type the password and press enter to unlock your pc :roll:
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I understand it. But if no-one can help me - that's okay, but asking about "why you need this" in every replay won't help me also :).
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Re: User unlock on terminal

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Kibiras wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:24 am I understand it. But if no-one can help me - that's okay, but asking about "why you need this" in every replay won't help me also :).
Sorry kibiras if you don't like it. Yes i don't know how to accomplish it but was curious to know why you want to do this. 0nce again, I apologize. :!:
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Re: User unlock on terminal

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Kibiras wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:24 am I understand it. But if no-one can help me - that's okay, but asking about "why you need this" in every replay won't help me also :).
The people asking why you want to do it do not understand what you are asking for so, to them, the quickest way to find out is to ask why. Personally, the why question is totally out of bounds; a completely unwarranted, and very nosy question. It's akin to asking someone when was the last time they kissed their partner.

It is possible to start linux in a terminal, log in via the terminal then start an X session, yes. I believe the command you want to issue after logging in to a terminal is startx, but don't quote me on that.
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The traditional way is simply to gogin to terminal and have no GUI available. That is even the WAY DOS was working. There was no mouse available.

Ctrl + Alt + F{1-6] gives you always a fullscreen session. With Ctrl + Alt + F7 you comes back to the graphical shell. Unxexperiented users love the graphical shell and don like commanline.Mint is defined to be userfriendly for exwindows users. They need a graphical shell. The login procedure fires X up after login is completed.
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catweazel wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2019 2:35 am The people asking why you want to do it do not understand what you are asking for so, to them, the quickest way to find out is to ask why. Personally, the why question is totally out of bounds; a completely unwarranted, and very nosy question. It's akin to asking someone when was the last time they kissed their partner.
Well, I have to admit, reading his request the first question coming to my mind is also "what are they trying to accomplish?". Because depending on knowing that my answer would be vastly different. For example, they might just want a different looking login screen, so I could suggest that. Or I could take them at face value and suggest to remove lightdm from /etc/init.d and to create a ~/.bash_login script to load the desktop as soon as they log in on a virtual terminal.

But why speculate when asking them what the problem they're trying to solve is is so much simpler?

So I don't think the question is unwarranted. I've had to save many newbies from themselves by ignoring the question they actually asked and finding out their real problem instead. Sure, I could tell someone how to remove / when they ask but I don't think I should.
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Okay, guys, thanks for answers
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Re: [SOLVED] User unlock on terminal

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I think the "why" question was in hopes of determining what you hope to achieve, in that way a more targetted answer can be given. It's fine saying I want to travel to London, but, without more information, the means to that end will be elusive. A person living in China will need a completely different answer to someone living in Leeds.
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