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   Message 29,383 of 30,566   
   Dan Purgert to All   
   Re: Password incorrect after name change   
   24 Oct 25 10:49:03   
   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-10-24, s|b wrote:   
   > On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:32:33 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:   
   >   
   > 8< snip >8   
   >> Never run X/Wayland as root!   
   >> Autologin should have been 'boss'.   
   >   
   > Yesterday, we found out how to make another account without admin   
   > rights. Today, I noticed under settings you can also make a guest   
   > account.   
   >   
   > So if we're going to do to help other people, the best way is to make an   
   > account with root access, then make an account (with password) with no   
   > root and the autologin with the latter?   
      
   Well, I'm not really a proponent of auto-login at all.  It's not like   
   having to type a password once in a while is exactly onerous (unless   
   like they're turning off the PC 30 times a day or something).   
      
   What exactly do you mean by "help other people"?   
      
      
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