LightDM passwordless login
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2020-03-16
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03-16
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  1. Add in /etc/pam.d/lightdm:

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    auth  sufficient  pam_succeed_if.so  user ingroup nopasswdlogin
    
  2. Add users to the group nopasswdlogin:

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    addgroup nopasswdlogin
    adduser foo nopasswdlogin
    
  3. Show a user list, edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf:

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    [Seat:*]
    greeter-hide-users=false
    
  4. Hide unwanted users, edit /etc/lightdm/users.conf:

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    hidden-users=nobody user-a user-b
    
  5. Optionally set users avatars:

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    convert -quality 80 -scale 256x256 foo.jpg avatar.jpg
    mv avatar.jpg /home/foo/.face
    
  6. restart lightdm

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    systemctl restart lightdm
    

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