Well, the title is pretty much it.
When I start my system I always get the same user on the login screen (this is the original user created when the system was first installed). How can I change that so I won't have to type in the actual username I use everyday each time?
Yep that is easy :
Open the GDM custom configuration file :
gksudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
Should have a lot of comment and at the end look like this :
[daemon]
[security]
[xdmcp]
[gui]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
[servers]
You'll have to add few lines under greeter like this :
[daemon]
[security]
[xdmcp]
[gui]
[greeter]
# If true show all the users, if false show the last connected users
IncludeAll=false
# User to always show in the user list
Include=somebody,somebodyelse
[chooser]
[debug]
[servers]
Just replace "somebody,somebodyelse" by whatever you want, save the file and reboot and it should work.
More info here : http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/2.32/gdm.html
In 15.10, you can go:
This unchecks automatic login for other users, and automatically logs into that user without a password.
If you are worried about not having a password, encrypt your disk instead (will ask for a password before login screen). If an attacker gets your hardware, the login password alone will be useless (he can just mount your partition).
Go to (gdmsetup): System -> Administration -> Login Screen
login as ... automatically it only has one option - the current default user. My user isn't there!
– David B
Oct 17 '10 at 10:58
/etc/gdm3/custom.conf– Mike Slinn Nov 02 '21 at 21:09