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[Bug 857651] Re: Unable to hide users from login screen / user switcher

 

Rhialto, you can disable all users by settting the following in
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf:

[SeatDefaults]
greeter-hide-users=true

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Title:
  Unable to hide users from login screen / user switcher

Status in D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information:
  Unknown
Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Users that I have appended to the 'hidden-users' field in
  /etc/lightdm/users.conf are not actually hidden. They are still listed
  on the login screen and in Unity's user switching menu.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 0.9.7-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 23 11:44:29 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (0 days ago)
  mtime.conffile..etc.lightdm.users.conf: 2011-09-23T08:46:55.039175

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