No auto login in Ubuntu GNOME

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Same here on Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64
Auto login is set back to off after a reboot.

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1547297

autologin works if you set it in '/etc/gdm3/custom.conf'

Seems there is some confusion about what "Automatic Login" in the user panel really does, see linked upstream bug.

Testing Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 Beta 1 amd64 (build: 20160225.1) and I confirm this bug!

I confirm this bug on a fresh install of the Beta iso.

Also, setting autologin in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf as suggested above got my machine to get stuck on boot, and had to restore the original settings with a live cd.

Was bug #1487819 ever fixed in Wily? I just wondered if the two could be related.

Also observed this testing the Beta iso today for Kubuntu i386, so it's not gdm specific per se.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Accounts Service is supposed to update custom.conf, but the path is wrong now

Note the above comment is specific to gdm.

I do notice however that the Accounts Service "AutomaticLogin" property is not persistent across reboots, that would be why the settings toggle is broken.

Sponsored to the xenial queue.

This bug was fixed in the package accountsservice - 0.6.40-2ubuntu9

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accountsservice (0.6.40-2ubuntu9) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/0005-gdm_config_file_path_ubuntu.patch:
    Copy patch from Debian packaging to correct the path to the
    GDM config file. (LP: #1547297)
  * debian/patches/0007-add-lightdm-support.patch:
    Update paths to gdm config directory

 -- Tim Lunn <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:59:09 +1000

I downloaded 4/7/16 15:37 Gnome AMD64 iso and this problem still exists. I see that the issue was marked as Fixed. Is this drop supposed to contain the fix or is there a delay in seeing this in the drop?

Downloaded Daily Build for AMD64 4/8/16 15:59 at 4/8/16 15:49. Can't explain why time stamp was 10 minutes ahead of current time. This fix does not seem to be incorporated with this build. Even though the fix package accountsservice - 0.6.40-2ubuntu9 is available, it does no good unless it is incorporated into the build.

We're 99% of the way there. Setting auto-login during install still doesn't work though so I filed bug 1571415.

confirmed no fix yet for xubuntu 16.04 this is a non starter for the library as users must be auto logged in or the librarians have to run around and login every machine

I have a worse situation, the autologin goes to the admin user not the nonadmin as it is set. This is a library so it effects all of our security

What was the installer editing instead? (is there some dangling file edits hanging around somewhere now?) -- I see from above that it was editing "/etc/gdm/...", on my system fully updated though, there is no dangling files in /etc/gdm/, so that's good.

This is what is actually needed (as we know):
{{{
$ cat /etc/gdm3/custom.conf | grep Auto
AutomaticLoginEnable = true
AutomaticLogin = <USER>
}}}

Even if we fixed the installer, what to do about all the existing versions with the bug?

Will we have it auto-correct once the user runs patch updates? - or are they just stuck with googling to find this bug report and then have to fix it manually? :(

I have a problem. Im using auto-login in my laptop. When im editing Users and Groups and selecting auto-login off in my user account. It not working. When reboot the computer. My account auto-login to desktop. Using Ubuntu MATE 16.04 32-bit. I have full upgraded system.

In my main computer 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, it is working.

I have the same problem in Ubuntu 17.10. I configure in settings my user to autologon in system but it don't works. If I type in a console:

cat /etc/gdm3/custom.conf | grep Auto

I have this:

AutomaticLoginEnable=True
AutomaticLogin=leo

I think that it's correct, but It don't login into my gnome xorg session

I can confirm this bug on Ubuntu 18.04 (20180104). I checked the auto log in option in the installer, but I still need to log in manually.

Is GDM3 multiseat aware? It is desirable to enable autologin for selected seats only and need to specify different user per seat.