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autologon of a certain user at startup

DISCUSSION Arno Seitzinger 3 participants 4 messages Dec 27, 2002 – Dec 28, 2002

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Hi NG,

on one of my Linux Machines running SuSe 8.1, I would like to automatically log on one certain user on boot-up so X and KDE starts without the necessity to enter username or password (preferrably w/ time-slot to enter a differend username but this is not a must...)

I'm sure I read somewhere how to configure the system for this behaviour but can neither remember nor find it...

Any hint would be appreciated.

Arno Seitzinger

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If you use kdm it has that functionality built in. You set it up under the control center in kde.

--Brian Jackson

Quoted 8 lines · Arno Seitzinger

Hi NG,

on one of my Linux Machines running SuSe 8.1, I would like to automatically log on one certain user on boot-up so X and KDE starts without the necessity to enter username or password (preferrably w/ time-slot to enter a differend username but this is not a must...)

I'm sure I read somewhere how to configure the system for this behaviour but can neither remember nor find it...

Any hint would be appreciated.

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Arno Seitzinger

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Quoted 11 lines · Arno Seitzinger

Hi NG,

on one of my Linux Machines running SuSe 8.1, I would like to automatically log on one certain user on boot-up so X and KDE starts without the necessity to enter username or password (preferrably w/ time-slot to enter a differend username but this is not a must...)

I'm sure I read somewhere how to configure the system for this behaviour but can neither remember nor find it...

Any hint would be appreciated.

Control Center, System, Login Manager, Convenience, Enable auto-login. You then need to choose the user you want to have auto-login to use. There is also a check box for Truly automatic login but not sure what that is. I have not used this feature for a some years.

As always, be careful which user you pick. Not sure I would use root if I were you but, it's your system...

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Arno Seitzinger

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Linux linuxDBA 2.4.19-4GB #1 Fri Sep 13 13:14:56 UTC 2002 i686 unknown
  8:12am  up 19 days, 10:02,  6 users,  load average: 1.02, 1.08, 1.08

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Quoted 7 lines · Arno Seitzinger

Hi NG,

on one of my Linux Machines running SuSe 8.1, I would like to automatically log on one certain user on boot-up so X and KDE starts without the necessity to enter username or password (preferrably w/ time-slot to enter a differend username but this is not a must...)

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I'm sure I read somewhere how to configure the system for this behaviour but can neither remember nor find it...

Any hint would be appreciated.

Arno Seitzinger

Thanks for the hints.

Sure, I am not going to automatically log on root. The feature is needed for an audio system in my living room where ease of use is prio 1.

Arno

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