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What are the exact rules for an account to be offered for login on the Unity login screen?

I figured out:

  • Locked accounts are still displayed
  • Without password are still displayed
  • Marked as /bin/nologin are still displayed

However, the majority of the locked accounts like root, several service accounts etc are not displayed.

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It depends on the user ID.

Only accounts with an ID >= 500 are displayed on the login and 'Accounts' screens.

You can change this minimum ID value by changing minimum-uid in /etc/lightdm/users.conf to your preference.

http://linuxsecuritysolutions.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/linux-user-types/

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