Hey guys , i installed latest zorin os core on macbook . As it's my grandfather's laptop i wanted two locals accounts. Mine is the admin account and for him i wanted a passwordless account because of his age he gets frustrated. I can't find any option to make one . I tried automatic login but nope . Any way i can achieve a passwordless account for him ?
you can read this
https://www.baeldung.com/linux/user-account-without-password
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I've not found it possible, and when I did automatic login it made me enter a password to open a browser! I'd seriously recommend 0000 as the password, he'll probably find that easy to remember and type. Write it on a sticker, or bit of paper covered with clear sticky tape / Scotch tape, so he won't forget. Good luck!
With the normal settings in Zorin you can't set a short pin as e.g. 0000 with the normal settings instead of a long password. The GUI for the user accounts doesn't accept short passwords with the same four digits.
But you can set one with the terminal
With the terminal, it works when you run:
sudo -i
Enter your current password to elevate to root, and then
passwd [USERNAME]
Replace [USERNAME] with the name of
your grandfather's username (or any username you want to change the password), e.g. forpli.
passwd forpli
Then you are prompted to set a new password.
The input of the new password won't be displayed, so pay close attention.
You can also enter the same digits or letters, e.g. 1111. The terminal will complain about the short password or palindrome, but set it.
@COUNTERNAVY11 You can also set your grandfather's name or something which he can remember well this way when the normal settings app doesn't accept the password you want to set.
The automatic login often leads to more problems than it solves. You can setup a login with a short 4 digits long password or PIN and disable all other settings for locking the screen (at power settings and privacy settings).
One solution is enable Automatic Login.
Go to Settings > Users. Unlock the panel by entering your current password, then toggle the Automatic Login switch to ON. This bypasses the password prompt at boot.
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Not when you have 2 accounts 
this is why the user asked...
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@nourpon, I just ran a test with a demo user - your point is correct; I just learned something new. 
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I've tested before saying it but it's kind of logical for security
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But strange, that you can enable the automatic login in the settings app (which doesn't work then with two or more accounts on the system). It should be greyed out on multiuser systems. That was new to me, too. But the guide you have linked, has worked.
Solution just tested and it works: 
1. Open the terminal as an administrator.
2. Run the command sudo passwd -d username (replace username with the actual name of the second account). This removes the user’s password.
3. Important: Then log in to the second account. A window may appear asking you to set a new password or leave the field blank; leave it blank to confirm that the account has no password.
Result: Administrator account with a password and a second account without a password
I agree. From past posts here on the forum of issues compounded by automatic login, it is a false economy. Better to have a memorable password, than no password.
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I used to think like that. In my instance, you need to provide a password during installation. The only time I needed the password was when installing an application.
Yep - definitely. Some apps will ask for authorization after "automatic login" - tried on Mint and Zorin. Only Kubuntu get it quite right actually ...
Hello. I also tried to create account and automatic login as a test and strange behave appeared. Actually i never tried it that way : So when logout and restart from this particular simple user account, you will be able to restart and login without password. But then if you logout and want to login again on this account set in "automatic login", you could not with enter a password that was needed to create this new simple user account ... 
So best practice will be in your case - i guess - to give a simple password. From command line you 'll can make it as simple as you want.
What i observed is that setting automatic login on only allows the account to auto login into desktop but once it is woke from Sleep it needs pwd
Did you check if at settings > privacy > screen lock
the "automatic screen lock" and "lock screen on suspend" are disabled?
I'm not sure if it is possible to set this on multiuser systems. I've not tested it yet.
The only workaround is that set a simple pwd and disable sleep and screen off . So in case if he leaves and returns then he won't have to go through login. Say what ? Any better idea ?
I like to know if other desktop environment than Gnome could "make the trick", but i am not sure.
The only way i could once achieve that goal was with Kubuntu 24.04 (kde plasma desktop environnement), but it was made from the installation process.
With other DE and distributions - Gnome / Cinnamon DE - you're will be ask for key password with some apps such as web browser ...
I guess, if you want a "passwordless"account" you could set one from a terminal
sudo adduser_his_name
and add whatever password you like.