390863 – x11-misc/lightdm needs /etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin file for autologin

Bug 390863 - x11-misc/lightdm needs /etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin file for autologin

Summary: x11-misc/lightdm needs /etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin file for autologin

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Markos Chandras (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2011-11-17 19:30 UTC by Ben Kohler
Modified:	2011-11-19 20:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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lightdm-autologin sample file (lightdm-autologin,359 bytes, text/plain) 2011-11-17 19:31 UTC, Ben Kohler	Details
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Description Ben Kohler gentoo-dev

2011-11-17 19:30:20 UTC

x11-misc/lightdm-1.0.6-r2, in its freshly-emerged state, cannot autologin, even after enabling the proper option(s) in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.  I looked at a couple of bugs on launchpad & debian, and they mention that /etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin is required, you can copy one from /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin if you have gdm installed.

And I can confirm this, copying the file into place, and having autologin-user=foo in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf does work for autologins.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge =x11-misc/lightdm-1.0.6-r2
2. set autologin-user=foo in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
3. start lightdm via the xdm init script
Actual Results:  
lightdm starts, does not log in

Expected Results:  
autologin user foo

Comment 1 Ben Kohler gentoo-dev

2011-11-17 19:31:09 UTC

Created attachment 292937 [details]
lightdm-autologin sample file

Copied from a working gdm3 setup

Comment 2 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-11-19 20:27:32 UTC

This should be fixed in 1.0.6-r3