Ubuntu 18.04 Stopped Asking for Login Password

**michael-bielesky** · 2 Weeks Ago

Hi,

I had always the lock screen on, but now no password is needed to enter my computer when freshly started. It will lock the screen if unattended or when coming back from hibernation. However, I can just hit the power button, reboot the computer and I will not be asked for the password. Any thoughts on what's going on?

Mike

**uRock** · 2 Weeks Ago

When you search "Users" then open the app, is Automatic Login enabled? I know this won't answer "why" it was changed.

**michael-bielesky** · 1 Week Ago

Originally Posted by uRock

When you search "Users" then open the app, is Automatic Login enabled? I know this won't answer "why" it was changed.

Yes, the Automatic Login was indeed enabled. The thing is that I don't recall changing it. The change requires my password so there is no way I did it by accident. Should I be concern about this? Have others reported something similar in the past?

Mike

**uRock** · 1 Week Ago

Hi Mike,

I just made that change to one of my users and it is listed in auth.log which can be found in /var/log/. It looks like this;

Code:

Nov 28 08:05:28 OxfordComma polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-session:c2 successfully authenticated as unix-user:urock to gain TEMPORARY authorization for action org.freedesktop.systemtoolsbackends.set for system-bus-name::1.128 [users-admin] (owned by unix-user:urock)
Nov 28 08:05:36 OxfordComma chpasswd[5391]: pam_unix(chpasswd:chauthtok): new password not acceptable
Nov 28 08:05:36 OxfordComma gpasswd[5393]: user urock2 added by root to group nopasswdlogin

I am looking to see if any other logs give more information. This shows which user was authenticated to make the change.