I want to auto login as root (or any other user) in console mode after reboot. I am using suse linux 8.0 and 8.1.

I tried the auto login of the kde, but this does not work for console login !

Best Regards

Peter

I may be wrong, but I don't think that is possible. Even if it is, it's not a good idea for security reasons.

There are two steps:
1) Add the line

NO_PASSWORD_CONSOLE tty1:tty2:tty3:tty4:tty5:tty6

to the file /etc/login.defs

List only consoles which you want to be used for automatic login

2) Open /etc/inittab and find the line similar to

3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3

and replace it with

3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin your_name tty3

Yes, your_name can be root.

Restart init: do
#shutdown now
#init 3

All configured consoles should have login session started.
If your system uses different getty program you might need to modify step 2 or install mingetty.

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The solution posted by ildar is correct.

I have done that on my own Debian Machine. You can see the solution here.