How to disable automatic login in SUSE

SLES and openSUSE by default set to automatically log in user without authenticating with username and password. While convenient, this is a security risk as anyone with physical access to the system could boot it up and access the default user's account.

The option to enable automatic login is set up during the system's installation. You can, however, disable automatic login in SUSE via YaST or the command line at any time.

1. Launch YaST from the launcher.
2. Navigate to Security and Users → User and Group Management.
3. Click on Expert Options → Login Settings on the lower right of the window.
4. Uncheck the Auto login box and click OK.
5. Click OK again in the main window.

1. Open Terminal application.
2. Edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager using your favorite editor.

   > sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

3. Search for DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN directive.

   ## Type: string
   ## Default:
   #
   # Define the user whom should get logged in without request. If string
   # is empty, display standard login dialog.
   #
   DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="user"

4. Remove the username from the directive.

   DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

5. Save and exit the editor.