Lock screen does not display all users (ubuntu 14.10)

Posted by Ali Alwan on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Ali Alwan
Published on 2014-08-19T12:06:22Z Indexed on 2014/08/19 22:33 UTC
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When I lock my screen using ctrl+alt+L, I am not able to see other users listed within the lock screen so I can switch instead. The lock screen shows only my name as an option for login, however I would like to switch to other user accounts.

In Ubuntu 12.04 it used to show all system available users in lock screen and I was able to switch easily. Last night I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 and this option is gone.

How do I set back this option?

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