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Author Topic: How do I set up auto login?  (Read 22072 times)

glas

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How do I set up auto login?
« on: May 04, 2007, 04:49:46 am »
Hi folks, I recently installed 5.8 on a low end machine and am vey impressed so far.

Unlike the 5.1 SOHO I've got on another box with KDE, I can't find the facility in Xfce to enable auto-login (so I don't have to type a password each time I boot up).

Any help in this regard would be much appreciated.

thanks
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M0E-lnx

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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2007, 05:38:55 am »
This can be easily done in 5.8 by editing your /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file

Save a copy of the file (for backup purposes ;) ) Then open the original in your favorite text editor

Find the line that read
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#AutoLoginEnable = True

Remove the "#" on that line.

You will also need to specify which user to log in under...
So a few lines down from the one you just changed, Find the one that reads:
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#AutoLoginUser=fred
Again, Remove the "#" on it, and change "fred" to which ever your user name is.

Reboot, and that should do it
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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2007, 08:33:11 am »
Quote from: M0E-lnx on May 04, 2007, 05:38:55 am
Quote from: glas on May 04, 2007, 04:49:46 am
...I can't find the facility in Xfce to enable auto-login...
This can be easily done in 5.8 by editing your /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file

I think the issue is with xfce auto-logins and moes help seems to indicate a kde fix.  Or does this not matter?

edit:
Oops... my bad.  I'm mistaken - see posts below.  Thanks for clarifying that.  I'm still learning ;D
« Last Edit: May 04, 2007, 08:51:13 am by newtor »
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The Headacher

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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2007, 08:43:11 am »
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I think the issue is with xfce auto-logins and moes help seems to indicate a kde fix.  Or does this not matter?
VL 5.8 standard uses KDM as login manager. The login manager is what takes care of the in logging :D.
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M0E-lnx

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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2007, 08:46:19 am »
The_Headacher is right... 5.8 Ships with KDM... (Hence my post)
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Kocil

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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2007, 09:30:15 am »
In case you dont want to launch the heavy KDM just for this ...

Edit /etc/inittab.
Change the default run level to 7 or 8.

To change the default user,
edit /etc/rc.d/rc.A.
Change the user id from 1000 to whoever you wish.

p.s: Not sure if this is still valid (it was in VL Dynamite 5.9.x)

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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2007, 09:05:47 am »
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In case you dont want to launch the heavy KDM just for this ...

Edit /etc/inittab.
Change the default run level to 7 or 8.

To change the default user,
edit /etc/rc.d/rc.A.
Change the user id from 1000 to whoever you wish.

p.s: Not sure if this is still valid (it was in VL Dynamite 5.9.x)

Use of this method on VL 5.8 standard causes system to hang on boot up when starting services for Run Level 8.  However the method described for editing the kdmrc file does work flawlessly...
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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2007, 05:57:01 pm »
Quote from: dawnsboy on July 24, 2007, 09:05:47 am
Use of this method on VL 5.8 standard causes system to hang on boot up when starting services for Run Level 8.  However the method described for editing the kdmrc file does work flawlessly...

What is Run Level 8? Is that a typo? VASM offers just Run Levels 2, 3, 4, and 5. I like Run Level 2.
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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2007, 09:57:55 am »
If you use your favorite text editor to open the file /etc/inittab you will note the following:

# This is only for VL Dynamite
# 7/8 = autologin boot !     :  HACKING :P
#

Run level 7 is for text autologin and run level 8 is for gui login. 

If you use that text editor to open /etc/rc.d/rc.A you will note the following:

#!/bin/sh
.A   # rc Boot the system into GUI mode using AUTOMATIC LOGIN
#         This is intended to run as init level 7/8
#
# This automatic login is a big big hacking.
# I mean, is is not standard at all.
# It uses run level 7/8, which is documented (RTFM init),
# but hardly found on any UNIX system.
# As far as I know, no one has ever done this way before.
# Usually you have to use KDM or GDM to achieve autologin.
# Now you just need to boot into run level 8,
# and get the free access to that nice GUI.
# Run level 7 is reserved for TUI mode. 
# Enjoy but once again ... DO NOT think this as an official UNIX way !!!
#
# (c) 2004, Eko M. Budi
# (c) 2004, Vector Linux
# License: GNU GPL

## The settings, changed by vbootset
## who will be our user
USER_ID='1000'

## the default level after autologin session is finished
NEXT_LEVEL='4'

Apparently this is an experiment (by Kocil?) that allows the use of the inittab and rc.A files to permit an autologin bypassing the display manager, ie kdm.  It is said to work on the new version of VL Dynamite.

I decided to check out the above users suggestion to see if it would work on VL 5.8.  It does not work on VL 5.8.  Interesting idea though.
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Re: How do I set up auto login?
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2007, 07:11:45 am »
Quote from: dawnsboy on July 25, 2007, 09:57:55 am
If you use your favorite text editor to open the file /etc/inittab you will note the following:
...
Apparently this is an experiment (by Kocil?) that allows the use of the inittab and rc.A files to permit an autologin bypassing the display manager, ie kdm.  It is said to work on the new version of VL Dynamite.

I decided to check out the above users suggestion to see if it would work on VL 5.8.  It does not work on VL 5.8.  Interesting idea though.

Is there any way to bypass kdm on VL 5.9? Or this route works only with VL Dynamite.

thanks
Vince Tikasz
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