Bug#428617: gdm: Autologin with screen locked

[Josh Triplett]

Josselin Mouette wrote:
> forwarded 428617 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448345
> thanks
> 
> Le mardi 12 juin 2007 à 16:23 -0700, Josh Triplett a écrit :
>> My laptop has only one user: myself.  Autologin would improve convenience, but
>> I want the security of requiring a password.  If gdm had an option to pre-fill
>> the login name and just prompt for a password, that would save some time.
>> However, it would save even more time to autologin but lock the screen before
>> starting any programs.  This would allow GNOME to load while I type in my
>> password; it would also mean that if I started up the system and walked away,
>> it would have GNOME fully loaded when I came back, rather than just waiting
>> for me to log in.
> 
> As this request requires integration between several components (the
> screensaver, the session manager and maybe gdm), I have forwarded it
> upstream. You can follow its progress there.

Thanks for forwarding this upstream.

- Josh Triplett

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