Booting Linux without a password
 

Hello,

I would like to boot Linux without a password but still have X running.
I'm running Redhat 9.0 with 2.4.20-8. I know that I can change the
inittab to single user mode, but if I do that, I can't get X to run. I want
to power on the box, start X and run my X based application without having to login. Thanks for your time!

There is a post on this forum somewhere explaining how, but I don't remember where.

i believe if you use lilo, you can type in "linux single" at the boot prompt, im sure grub is similar.

I can boot single-user, but I can't seem to start X if I start in single-user mode. Is there something else I can do? Any help is GREATLY appreciated! Thanks.

You could change the run level in inittab, but it is still going to want a password...

I have actually wondered about this same thing myself.

KDE / KDM have an Autologin function, which will do this. You configure it within KDM or KDE and set runlevel to 5, and it'll auto boot into your user account.

--Shade

Doesn't Gnome login thingy has that feature too?