#1059263 emptty: Automatic login fails with default PAM configuration

Package:
emptty
Source:
emptty
Description:
text-based display manager for starting graphical sessions
Submitter:
Tamas K. Papp
Date:
2023-12-22 09:21:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1059263#5
Date:
2023-12-22 09:17:07 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

As configured in the package, automatic login (AUTOLOGIN=true) fails
with "Authentication failure".

The following fixes the problem:

1. Using the PAM configuration recommended for Debian, available at
https://github.com/tvrzna/emptty/blob/master/res/pam-debian

2. Adding the user to the nopasswdlogin group (as described in the
README of emptty).

Suggested fix:

1. replace the PAM file in the package with the one above,

2. have README.Debian mention that the user should create the
nopasswdlogin group and then add the autologin user.