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[Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimilan@xxxxxxx>]

Speaking as the (former) maintainer, this is really a bug in users-
admin, but it's no longer developed since it's been replaced with the
new GNOME control center applet upstream. (The new applet doesn't allow
setting a password-less account.) If the bug had been reported against
the gnome-system-tools, I'd had fixed the bug back in 2010, but now,
it's too late for me... :-/

I don't think the workaround should be added in GDM, because I don't
think it would be easy due to how PAM works.

** Package changed: gdm (Ubuntu) => gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Low => Medium

** Changed in: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Title:
  Automatic login fails and computer hangs (Lucid)

Status in “gnome-system-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gdm

  1) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

  2) 
  gdm:
    Installed: 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
    Candidate: 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
    Version table:
   *** 2.30.0-0ubuntu5 0
          500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) I expected Ubuntu to login "automatically" when booting: 
  In the screen System > Administration > Users and Groups > Password > Change I select the box 'Don't ask for password on login' (automatic login). 

  4) Instead, when I boot the computer:

  - It boots fine until the login screen is loaded

  - Then I select my account on the login screen.

  - Next, I get a bunch of different error messages, in the following
  order:

  (1) "Could not update ICEauthority file /home/user/.ICEauthority"
  (2) Error message that reads something like: Problem with the configuration server, ....
  (3) Error from Nautilus: (translated from dutch): Cannot create mandatory directories: /home/user/Desktop
  /home/user/.nautilus
  (4) Update Window: "Record your encryption passphrase" > No idea what I have to do with this, if I execute the suggested action, this has no effect, and the system doesn't respond as indicated in the window itself.
  (5) Now I get the blank default Desktop background, with nothing on it (no menu's, links, etc.)
  I am sort of logged in however, because I can get a screen to shut down, restart etc., when pushing my computer's on/off button. And after a break I get the normal login window that asks my password. If I enter it, the system hangs.

  > Maybe this bug has to do with messed up file permissions? I have no
  idea. Maybe it's related to the fact that my home directory is
  encrypted (encryptfs)

  Work-around to be able to login again and turn autmatic login off:
  boot with recovery mode, log in manually from the command prompt, and
  run 'startx' to start up ubuntu.

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