Small question: I am on Debian and use Gnome. I’m the only user on this laptop.
Is it possible to hide my username from the log in screen? So that only the password field shows?
The point is, my login name is my first name, and I don’t like it …
- … when people in public transport can see my first name when I log in
- …that if I lose my laptop, the people who find it can easily know my first name
I realize I could also simply pick a username that is not my first name, but it would save me a lot of reconfiguration if I could simply hide the name from the login screen.
how will it know which user to pass over to PAM log in? i think the best way would be to edit the gdm source code, hardcode your username into it, remove the output of names, and compile your own. it will be a lot of work though.