On 06/01/2015 08:00 AM, Jeff Siddall wrote:
> On 06/01/2015 08:07 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>>   So think very carefully before
>> activating autologin.
>
> Agreed.  Using autologin is like handing out free usernames and 
> passwords to anyone with network connectivity to your server.
>
> If you like the idea of that then autologin may be for you.
>
> For the record I do run some LTSP servers with autologin for some kiosks.
>
> Jeff

For kiosk systems, you may consider the xguest package.[1]

Pat

[1] 
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Security-Enhanced_Linux/sect-Security-Enhanced_Linux-Confining_Users-xguest_Kiosk_Mode.html

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