But if one logs out and logs in again, one is greeted with the classic GDM greeter for liveuser… (Scott user below is just a screenshot grab from a search engine result)
Automatic passwordless login is for booting only.
Once the user logs out then they must enter their password to log in again.
An exception would be if that user had no password assigned. That would then mean the system would be very insecure since anyone at the keyboard could log in as that user.
It is indeed designed for a kiosk use like Gnome Kiosk “Kiosk provides a desktop enviroment suitable for fixed purpose, or single application deployments like wall displays and point-of-sale systems.”
In case a logout/login is required (without any password set) it would be a better user experience to avoid the need to clic on the GMD greeter but to directly land into the session
Most of the documentation dates back to X-11, I’vz found nothing on Wayland so far.
If setting this up as a kiosk then you should manage the ability to log out and prevent a user getting to the login screen as you state above. In fact disabling everything but a power off or restart would be ideal.
A kiosk is managed much different than a desktop since the intent would be to only allow access to a specific app or set of apps and prevent access to the underlying OS.
Does this work in wayland? It should work very similar to X11 but since wayland is new I have no clue.
