Allow passwordless login for user "user" (when using 'sudo xl console'). #168
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| usermod -L -a --groups qubes user | |||
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| ## Allow passwordless login for user "user" (when using 'sudo xl console'). | |||
| ## https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1130 | |||
| usermod --password '' user | |||
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This is already done in upgrade case below. Maybe it should be unified, like that call below moved outside of if?
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Yes, better. For simplicity and less bugs (at cost of some more needless output) I think it is always good to avoid using install and upgrade cases.
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Hmm, when I think about it more, it may not be such a good idea to do it this way. It will enable passwordless login to Maybe better do it by configuring PAM to specifically allow passwordless user login on |
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Oh, I see you raised exactly the same concern in QubesOS/qubes-issues#2695 (comment) |
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Answered here: QubesOS/qubes-issues#2695 (comment) |
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This change is just doing what we are currently doing anyhow. But I can see how my approach can be confusing to break it more visibly before starting to fix it. |
Depending on how the exact result should look like, it might be easier to just run |
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Autologin idea sounds much better and safer. |
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This is handled in #228 |
QubesOS/qubes-issues#1130
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sudo usermod --password '' userin debian-10 TemplateVM allowed me to login as user "user" usingsudo xl console. While untested, I am pretty sure this would work in the next template build too.