i want to useradd a user that doesn’t show up in the login window, is using the -r (system user) flag a good idea for that? is there another option that i can’t find?
Depending on which display manager you use you could always just use a theme that requires typing a username rather than selecting from a list. I know there are a few SDDM themes like that.
on another pc i actually do do that, but i was wondering if there was another way
I did some quick research and SDDM can do what you want by editing the sddm.conf file. You just have to add the username to HideUsers in the [Users] section.
ah i haven’t thought of that
thank you!
The answer will depend on which desktop environment or login manager you’re using.
System users are not the right solution. The use-case for such accounts is when you want certain background services to be linked to a non-human account. Eg: Serving web requests from an
httpuser account that only has access to nginx and the/var/wwwdirectory. By default, users created in this way don’t even have a home directory.i’m using kde with sddm i believe
In that case, it looks like you need to edit
sddm.confand set theHideUsers=field. Source.is it normal that the sddm.conf is empty? it’s supposed to be /etc/sddm.conf right?
Your system may be reading the default config from
/usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/default.conf, in which case the config file in/etcwill probably be empty. You should not edit the contents of a default config.The recommended location for
sddm.confis within the/etc/sddm.conf.d/directory, so also check for files there.
