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Old 02-01-2005, 12:13 PM   #1
dmanchepalli
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Set autologin with default user on Red Hat Enterprise 3


hi,

I am trying to setup autologon (for GUI) with default username/password without having to enter them manually when booting up RedHat Enterprise AS 3.0. I tried enabling GNOME -> System Settings -> Login Screen -> Login a user automatically on first bootup and was unsuccessful.

Is there a tool (like TweakUI for XP) that can help do the same? Or manually change settings/files?

Thanks,
Deepa.
 
Old 02-01-2005, 02:52 PM   #2
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hi there

you need to look in the settngs of ur Display manger that u are using

like loookup in gdm.conf if u are using GDM or kdmrc if u r using KDM as display manager

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and please avoid double posts!!!
 
Old 02-01-2005, 05:53 PM   #3
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Thanks! that was helpful. I was able to get a non-root user to authenticate. However, root user cannot autologin and has to authenticate.

Using su or sudo su, requires manual password entry. Would there be a way to script this to remove manual intervention. Yes, i am in the process of automating a few tasks and hence the need.

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Posted this msg on Linux General and figured it was not the right place and re-posted at RedHat specific forum. My bad.
 
Old 02-02-2005, 06:14 AM   #4
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what login manager do u use
like GDM/XDM/KDM

regards
 
Old 02-02-2005, 07:26 AM   #5
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You may be interested in my article:
http://yves.gablin.club.fr/linux/ind...nfig/autologin

Yves.
 
Old 02-02-2005, 12:02 PM   #6
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I guess it is GDM. I believe so from System Settings -> More System Settings -> Destop Switching tool -> GNOME. Other options available are KDE and TWM. Any other way of figuring the Display/Login Manager?
 
Old 02-02-2005, 12:08 PM   #7
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ps -aux|grep gdm

that will give u some entries that will tell u if u have gdm running

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