Current desktop operating systems present a list of usernames for selection at login time. I prefer old way of asking the user to type their username rather than present the list of users on a platter for someone sitting down at the screen. I have no justification other than "minimize information leakage" or "I just like it that way". It is a speed bump, not a wall. I get that.
In Linux Mint Cinnamon and some other distros, you can use the Login Window Setting application to change the login setting in the Users tab: Enable "Hide the user list." In other distros, you can configure it through a setting in the /etc directory. A common display manager for login is LightDM, for example - look in /etc/lightdm/... for configuration. (Try: "greeter-hide-users=true")
Here is my problem:
When "Hide the user list" is enabled on Linux Mint Cinnamon, the login greeter presents two separate login dialog boxes - first a dialog box to enter the username. After you enter the username, the dialog box goes away and the login greeter presents a second, separate dialog box for the password. It is easy to type the password in the username field by accident. It can happen, especially if you accidentally "typo" the initial login. When it does, the actual password can be logged as a username in a log file for a failed login attempt. I do not like that.
The default for Debian Cinnamon when configured for manual username entry is a combined dialog box where the user enters their username and password in one combined dialog box.
-> The two-field combined login dialog box like the one in Debian Cinnamon is what I would like to see for Linux Mint Cinnamon during login. (During Debian installation, Cinnamon is chosen when the "tasksel" program runs during installation.)
@TuxBot (and others, please):
How do I replace the login greeter in Linux Mint Cinnamon that prompts for username and password with separate dialog boxes? I would like to see a login greeter that prompts to enter username and password in one combined dialog box. What is the simple common solution to do that, please?
In Linux Mint Cinnamon and some other distros, you can use the Login Window Setting application to change the login setting in the Users tab: Enable "Hide the user list." In other distros, you can configure it through a setting in the /etc directory. A common display manager for login is LightDM, for example - look in /etc/lightdm/... for configuration. (Try: "greeter-hide-users=true")
Here is my problem:
When "Hide the user list" is enabled on Linux Mint Cinnamon, the login greeter presents two separate login dialog boxes - first a dialog box to enter the username. After you enter the username, the dialog box goes away and the login greeter presents a second, separate dialog box for the password. It is easy to type the password in the username field by accident. It can happen, especially if you accidentally "typo" the initial login. When it does, the actual password can be logged as a username in a log file for a failed login attempt. I do not like that.
The default for Debian Cinnamon when configured for manual username entry is a combined dialog box where the user enters their username and password in one combined dialog box.
-> The two-field combined login dialog box like the one in Debian Cinnamon is what I would like to see for Linux Mint Cinnamon during login. (During Debian installation, Cinnamon is chosen when the "tasksel" program runs during installation.)
@TuxBot (and others, please):
How do I replace the login greeter in Linux Mint Cinnamon that prompts for username and password with separate dialog boxes? I would like to see a login greeter that prompts to enter username and password in one combined dialog box. What is the simple common solution to do that, please?