[Gllug] Auto Login?

[Vincent AE Scott]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Dylan wrote:

> Some time ago I asked the question you have been bickering over.
> 
> Let me make myself plain:
> 
> One of my the machines on my home network is used by a lodger in his room.
> He is naive about computers and will believe that if he is presented with a 
> GUI at boot up then that is how the system works. The machine will only ever 
> have one user and does not have access to the server / other workstations 
> (except gateway, of course) I am irritated by his inability to remember how 
> to log in (even though he uses an NT system at work) so I would like to make 
> it unnecessary. I would, however, like to be able to log out and then log in 
> as root for admin in case things arise which cannot be done remotely.
> 
> I remember a distro I tried out (maybe RedHat) gave me this as an option at 
> install time...

Mandrake 8 has this option.
uses: http://www.linux-easy.com/development/autologin/ to achieve it.


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