{"id":38565,"date":"2022-04-09T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=38565"},"modified":"2022-04-09T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T15:08:13","slug":"hide-username-ubuntu-2204-login-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/hide-username-ubuntu-2204-login-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Hide Username & Enable Tap to Click in Ubuntu 22.04 Login Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This simple tutorial shows how to hide user list and\/or enable touchpad tap clicking in login screen of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.<\/p>\n

GNOME, the default desktop environment, has some hidden keys to configure the login screen options. However, you need gdm<\/code> (Gnome Display Manager) user privilege who handles the default login.<\/p>\n

After following this tutorial, Ubuntu will no longer display usernames in login screen. Instead, you need to manually type user-name and then password to login.<\/p>\n

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Option 1: Single command to hide user list from login screen<\/h3>\n

Firstly press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcuts to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below as you need.<\/p>\n

1.) Install dbus-x11<\/code> inter-process messaging system by running command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install dbus-x11<\/pre>\n
Without the package, you’ll get following output when running command in step 2.) to hide user list or enable tap to click.<\/p>\n
dconf-WARNING **: 15:23:16.101: failed to commit changes to dconf: Failed to execute child process \u201cdbus-launch\u201d (No such file or directory)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
2.) To hide your usernames from login screen<\/b>, use command:<\/p>\n
xhost SI:localuser:gdm && sudo -u gdm gsettings set org.gnome.login-screen disable-user-list true<\/pre>\n
This command will first add user gdm<\/code> into access control list. Then toggle the hidden ‘disable-user-list’ key via that user privilege.<\/p>\n
For choice, you may also run the command below to enable tap-clicking in login screen<\/b>.<\/p>\n
xhost SI:localuser:gdm && sudo -u gdm gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click true<\/pre>\n
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To undo the changes, simply re-run the commands in step 2.) by replacing value ‘true<\/b>‘ to ‘false<\/b>‘.<\/p>\n
Option 2: Use a graphical tool to configure login screen<\/h3>\n
There’s a new configuration tool, gdm-settings<\/code>, under development for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch and other Linux using GNOME Desktop.<\/p>\n
The tool provides an elegant user interface specifically for configuring the GDM login screen, including:<\/p>\n