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GDM auto-login doesn't work

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From: Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex Griffin <a <at> ajgrf.com>, 41863 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "35674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <35674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "40411 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <40411 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#35674: [bug#41863] [PATCH] services: Fix gdm-autologin pam service.
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:54:28 +0200

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Alex Griffin via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org> writes:

> This patch fixes GDM's auto-login feature.
>
> See the discussions in #35674 and #40411. It works for me, but I don't want to just commit it because I don't really understand PAM. (Then again, who does?)

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> @@ -925,7 +926,7 @@ the GNOME desktop environment.")
>      (inherit (unix-pam-service "gdm-autologin"
>                                 #:login-uid? #t))
>      (auth (list (pam-entry
> -                 (control "[success=ok default=1]")
> +                 (control "optional")

This is one of the alternatives Timothy proposed in #35674 back in May
last year(!).  As long as GDM still rejects wrong or blank passwords, I
think it is good to go.

It would be good to get it in 1.2.0.  :-)

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