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Title: Login with Pin like Windows?
Post by: JohnDoeIII504 on November 09, 2017, 08:32:26 PM
Is it possible to set up a pin to login, like you can do on Windows 10.  Would be much easier than having to type my password every time I lock it and when I go to logon every time.  Any help regarding this is greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
Title: Re: Login with Pin like Windows?
Post by: Jerry on November 09, 2017, 10:24:51 PM
Nothing like this exists in Linux as far as I know. There was some development via GDM, but development did not progress, and we don't use GDM, we use LightDM.

Ref. https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/ScreenLock/PinAuthentication

Can be done, if you want to pay for it:

https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop
https://www.nitrokey.com/documentation/installation#p:nitrokey-start&os:linux
Title: Re: Login with Pin like Windows?
Post by: JohnDoeIII504 on November 10, 2017, 01:02:09 PM
Thanks for the info.  Good to know.  And no, I'd rather not have to pay for it, lol
Title: Re: Login with Pin like Windows?
Post by: trinidad on November 11, 2017, 08:30:43 AM
This is as far as I have ever gotten, but I'm networking RDP Windows and other things.

https://blog.josefsson.org/2017/06/19/openpgp-smartcard-under-gnome-on-debian-9-0-stretch/ (https://blog.josefsson.org/2017/06/19/openpgp-smartcard-under-gnome-on-debian-9-0-stretch/)

TC