-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 wwp wrote: > Hello Stanton, > > > On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:19:47 -0600 Stanton Finley <stanfinley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> With a complete yum update today on both my i386 and X86_64 FC5 PCs I am >> now required to enter my user password in a GUI box with timed log in >> (which I never had to do before). Automatic log in requires a password >> as well. This seems to be new behavior. What's up? Looks like they've added a new feature to gdm-2.14.8-1. I suppose it is more secure this way, > > Two months ago I've set up gdm to automatically login w/ a specific user, but > this never worked. Would that be related? This should have worked! Did you add the user first? (users tab). you can do it manually by editing the /etc/gdm/custom.conf adding: AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=<your user name> under the [daemon] heading and Include=<your user name> under the [greeter] heading HTH Scott > > > Regards, > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEiuzE5mBKdb7VQEcRAphKAJ9lgs9hiWMJYDSdf0/D7Hrd5/+3ugCeOdaY Ala8+gjphDJ/pd0WF2m5/F4= =yzTl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----