How to enable no password login in Ubuntu
If you want to enable a password less account in Gnome for your family/friends who have access to your computer. Please note that this is different than not typing a password (autologin) . It is just a “password less account”
Create a user (system/administration/user and groups)
username: guest
real name: guest or whatever you want to display in the graphical greeter later on
profile: desktop user (DO NOT use administrator)
password: password
click ok and close the users and groups tool.
Remove the password for the guest user
open a terminal
sudo passwd -d guest
Authorize login with no passwords in gdm
sudo sed -i ’s/#PasswordRequired=false/PasswordRequired=false/’ /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
Authorize login with no passwords in pam
sudo sed -i ’s/nullok_secure/nullok/’ /etc/pam.d/common-auth
You can now log in with your guest user with no password.
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