How to I set a user to automatically log in?

How to I set a user to automatically log in? I'm setting up a computer running Ubuntu for my mom, so that she will be able to read e-mail, surf the Internet and use Skype. She is the only person accessing the computer.
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bert [Entry]

"Click on System > Administration > Login Window.

Enter your password.
Click on the ""Security"" tab.
Check ""Enable Automatic Login"".
Select your mom's account for ""User"" in the ""Enable Automatic Login"" section.

Click ""Close""."

bert [Entry]

"You can also do it without any graphical interface by simply adding the following two lines in the section [daemon] of the file /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom:

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[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=<your user name>
..."