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[Gustavo Seabra]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am Do, den 02.12.2004 schrieb Nathan Low um 6:01:
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>>Is there a way to bypass the login screen?  In other
>>words, can this screen be skipped in any way?  I'm new
>>to Linux.
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>You should know and respect that the need to login is a security
>feature. You shouldn't bypass that by the setting to automatically
>login. 
>
I wonder... Since I'm the only user of my machine, I find it just 
convenient to use the automatic login (to a regular user account.) Is it 
a security risk?

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Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student
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Kansas State University
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