[LightDM] Authentication with no passwords

[Robert Ancell]

That is the correct workflow - can you check the lightdm.log to confirm
that the authentication did work?


On 27 December 2012 10:15, David Edmundson <david at davidedmundson.co.uk>wrote:

> Sort of related to my previous email, I have a problem with logging in
> user's where no password is required to log in, such as those in the
> nopasswd group.
>
> My code reads (in pseudocode):
>
> greeer.authenticateUser("foo");
> onPrompt() {
>     greeer.respond(..);
> }
> onAuthenticationComplete() {
>     if (greeter.authenticated) {
>         greeter.startSessionSync
>     } else {
>         showError()
>     }
> }
>
> In the case where no password is required, the backend goes straight
> from authenticateUser to the onAuthenticationComplete callback,
> however greeter.authenticated is false so my login fails. How is the
> workflow meant to go?
>
> David Edmundson
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