Set a password, yet it logs in without one

Question

My account is an administrator; I'm using Ubuntu 14.04LTS.

I've set a password and set automatic login to OFF, yet when I wake up from suspension or reboot if I just press Enter or type in anything then it logs me in.

How should I proceed?

Have you checked power options? It usually has an option to the effect of "Lock when going for suspend" It differs between dekstop environments I think — Wilhelm Erasmus, Dec 10 '15 at 20:14
I don't have option, all I have is when lid is closed, when power is critical and when computer is inactive. — Steam gamer, Dec 10 '15 at 20:19
Do you have any screensavers installed such as xscreensaver? — Organic Marble, Dec 15 '15 at 04:38

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Easy:

Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of your screen:
Click System Settings, then Brightness & Lock:
Click the Lock switch until it goes into the On position and ensure the Require my password when waking from suspend is ticked.

Done! ;-)

If that doesn't work:

Create a new user on your system and see whether that user does work. If that's the case (in the below example we'll use steam-gamer and steam-gamer2), just do the following:

Open the file manager
Browse to the /home/steam-gamer directory
Copy (don't move!) all the files from Downloads to /home/steam-gamer2/Downloads
Check you did a good job.
Now delete /home/steam-gamer/Downloads
Go back to step 3 and repeat for Documents, Videos, ...
After a couple of days to allow you to ensure you didn't forget to copy anything, just delete steam-gamer together with it's home directory by issuing the following command:
```
sudo deluser steam-gamer --remove-home
```

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Dec 14 '15 at 10:05

Fabby

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The lock switch is turned on,and checked 'Require my password when waking from suspend' but still it doesn't work. – Steam gamer Dec 14 '15 at 19:35
@Steamgamer That is usually rare or intermittent, but is a well-known bug: See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1027902 for example. – NoBugs Dec 18 '15 at 04:39

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 19 '15 at 17:25

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I like using the terminal:

Enable Screen Lock

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled true

Enable Lock on Suspend

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver ubuntu-lock-on-suspend true

To disable, use false instead of true.

;-)

edited Dec 19 '15 at 17:25

Fabby

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answered Dec 14 '15 at 18:40

A.B.

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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First make sure you have all the security updates installed. If this is not the issue, check if the problem appears when you log into other graphical environments. You can also test the manual lock with "Ctrl + Alt + L". If you use a screen saver, take a look at this one.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

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answered Dec 15 '15 at 02:24

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 23:36

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The brute force approach is to hand edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, adding a # character to the beginning of every line starting with autologin.

answered Dec 15 '15 at 23:36

Ralph Rönnquist

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This is what is in the config file: [SeatDefaults] autologin-user=, only 1 line... – Steam gamer Dec 16 '15 at 07:57
Maybe changing that line to just be [SeatDefaults] makes a difference, then? – Ralph Rönnquist Dec 18 '15 at 04:40
Rönnquis, that also didn't work, but thanks for contributing. – Steam gamer Dec 18 '15 at 07:55

Set a password, yet it logs in without one

4 Answers4

Easy:

Done! ;-)

If that doesn't work: