Re: xdm passwordless logins

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>> But I think ~nobody does remote xdm or uses X terminals any more,

It's always dangerous to assume nobody uses something.  Especially if
the action contemplated would render anyone who does less secure.
However, in this case...

>> and if xdm had a config PermitEmtpyPasswords that defaulted to yes
>> if connected to 127.0.0.1/::1/unix-socket, and no if otherwise, that
>> would be fine.

...I think this is reasonable.

> I think there's no fine-grained option for this, only [...]

Then maybe Someone(tm) should add one?  Perhaps by adding support for
setting the resource you name to, say, "local"?

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