After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.
Bug 342100 - switch user should pre-fill the username for gdm
switch user should pre-fill the username for gdm
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 172912
Product: fast-user-switch-applet
Classification: Deprecated
Component: Applet
2.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Fast User Switch Applet Maintainer
Fast User Switch Applet Maintainer
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-05-17 09:12 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2006-09-08 13:55 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Sebastien Bacher 2006-05-17 09:12:41 UTC 
That bug has been described on https://launchpad.net/bugs/42262

"( Disclaimer: this is more a design flaw than a bug )

Dapper, Gnome.

Click System ► lock screen. Click "switch user". A list asks you for the user to switch to. Click a user who is not logged in. A new gdm appears, which asks you for the username again.

I noticed this makes a very bad impression on newbies, probably because from a user's standpoint it makes no sense."
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2006-05-17 18:51:38 UTC 
Yup, GDM doesn't provide a way to do this at the moment and is one of the reasons why user switching is disabled by default.  I'm going to reassign this to FUSA since we use a copy of James' code.

Also see bug #311623.
Comment 2 James Cape 2006-05-20 17:15:38 UTC 
Passing a username to GDM may or may not work with PAM.
Comment 3 William Jon McCann 2006-09-08 13:55:47 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 172912 ***