automatic logon

[dark_lord_kodd]

Hi

Is it possible to have a user automatically logged in when the computer boots? I know there might be security issues and its not a great idea, but i wont use it for root... Thing is, i have a pc which i dont really want a monitor and keyboard for, and at the moment the only thing i use them for is to log on at the start, and unfortuanatly i cant have the pc running all the time.

Any advice would be appriciated. Thanks.

[dark_lord_kodd]

sorry, one otherthing

I was looking for a way of doing it without having to use a graphical login manager, i only have 64mb memory and so its not great! although if that is the only way, advice on how to set that up would be aprciaited.

Thanks

[Vergil83]

I think you should be able to have /etc/rc.d/r.local call a script that would do it, but that is a guess

[dark_lord_kodd]

Yeah, thanks!

Incase anyone else wants to do it,

edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local

and add the following lines:

echo "auto login for username"
cd /home/username
su - username


just replace username with the username u want logged in.

Thanks for your help/

[adrenaline]

Just to let you know.

You don't need to be logged in to run it without a keyboard and monitor. It will run services just fine not logged in at all