Re: how to login automatically into Bash after booting?

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 08/11/2005 05:20 AM, phyrster wrote:
> Hi debianers, 
> 
> Is there a way to let bash automatically login a user after booting up?
> 
> The sarge box is just for home use and there is no remote login or other
> remote control sort of things. For the convenience of a local user (non
> root), how to make bash login a user automatically?
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> bxuef
> 

gdm can do it for X.  (You don't need gnome to use gdm.)

Try gdmsetup or edit gdm.conf.  From /etc/gdm/gdm.conf :

[daemon]
# Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged
# in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key.
AutomaticLoginEnable=false
AutomaticLogin=

# Timed login, useful for kiosks.  Log in a certain user after a certain
# amount of time
TimedLoginEnable=false
TimedLogin=
TimedLoginDelay=30


Regards,
Ralph