Here is the small tutorial about disabling the list of user in Linux Mint 12 login screen, it increases the security little bit. Here i used the lightdm.conf file for getting the above task, follow the steps to disable user list in login screen, if want to more security consider to disable Guest account login in Linux Mint 12.
Step 1: Open Terminal ( Applications —-> Accessories —–> Terminal or Ctrl + Alt + T)
Step 2: Edit the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file.
[email protected]~$ sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
Step 3: Add the following line at the end of the above file.
greeter-hide-users=true
Step 4: Reboot
[email protected]~$ sudo reboot
Now the login scree will look like below without User Names list except Guest Session.
That’s all.
