you won’t believe it – but your password is NOT required.
all you have to do is find “#autologin-user” and put your “autologin-user=username” into it and <- UNCOMMENT autologin-user-timeout=0.
reboot. works.
uname -a; # tested with Linux debian 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02) i686 GNU/Linux hostnamectl; # also worked on Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7 Kernel: Linux 3.10.0 dpkg -l|grep mate-desktop ii libmate-desktop-2-17:i386 1.8.1+dfsg1-3+deb8u1 i386 Library with common API for various MATE modules (library) ii mate-desktop 1.8.1+dfsg1-3+deb8u1 i386 Library with common API for various MATE modules ii mate-desktop-common 1.8.1+dfsg1-3+deb8u1 all Library with common API for various MATE modules (common files) ii mate-desktop-environment 1.8.0+9 all MATE Desktop Environment (meta package) ii mate-desktop-environment-core 1.8.0+9 all MATE Desktop Environment (essential components, meta package) ii task-mate-desktop 3.31+deb8u1 all MATE # if one is using gdm # Edit the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file and add this after the [daemon] section vim /etc/gdm/custom.conf [daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=True AutomaticLogin=username # if one is using lightdm vim /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf; [SeatDefaults] #type=xlocal #xdg-seat=seat0 #pam-service=lightdm #pam-autologin-service=lightdm-autologin #pam-greeter-service=lightdm-greeter #xserver-command=X #xserver-layout= #xserver-config= #xserver-allow-tcp=false #xserver-share=true #xserver-hostname= #xserver-display-number= #xdmcp-manager= #xdmcp-port=177 #xdmcp-key= #unity-compositor-command=unity-system-compositor #unity-compositor-timeout=60 #greeter-session=example-gtk-gnome #greeter-hide-users=false #greeter-allow-guest=true #greeter-show-manual-login=false #greeter-show-remote-login=true #user-session=default #allow-user-switching=true #allow-guest=true #guest-session= #session-wrapper=lightdm-session #greeter-wrapper= #guest-wrapper= #display-setup-script= #display-stopped-script= #greeter-setup-script= #session-setup-script= #session-cleanup-script= #autologin-guest=false autologin-user=YOUR_USERNAME <- UNCOMMENT THIS LINE AND PUT YOUR USERNAME HERE autologin-user-timeout=0 <- UNCOMMENT THIS LINE
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