Ubuntu - Remove User login from XWin

Obviously the major issue with any Linux host is that everything that you do requires user authentication. If I intend to use this computer with only a remote control I obviously need to remove the requirement for a user to login when the machine boots.

Well, in Gnome - Ubuntu's default X Windows Manager, this is quite simple to achieve.

Simply open a console window from within your current X desktop session. Type the following command.

# sudo gdmsetup

This will bring up a GUI tool which looks like this.


Select the Security tab, select the 'Enable Automatic Login' checkbox and then select the XBMC user that you have used. (In my example, it's obviously 'xbmc').