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how to remove a user from login screen

Asked by dinar qurbanov

how to remove one or several of the user names from login screen of ubuntu 9.10 ?

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#1

The software is named "gdm". I have a look in documentation.
It is possible to activate an option to display user faces. If activated, this interface propose firstly the users who connect more frequently.
The list of user is all users in /etc/password, with an id big enough (to avoid admin user).
I saw no easy solution to remove user from the list in documentation.

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Wim (launchpad-xs4all) said : 		#2

Q.Dinar,

if your intention is to remove the user login completely from the PC,
the you can start <Application>..., <System>..., <Users_And_Groups>,...

Use the [UnLock]-button to be able to modify the system,
select the user you want to remove completely from the PC,
and follow instructions on the screen.

BEWARE: never remove yourself,
but use an other user-name able to modify the system.

Ubuntu will remove the user name and access to the system, but ...
wil leave the files in the directory /home/<login-name>/ on the PC;
if wanted: remove them manually.

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