run script during login

Lotharster · 06-12-2006, 08:54 AM

I want to make a script that runs everytime a user logs in. I need that to mount the user's home-directory (which is encrypted), so the scipt should run _before_ the home directory is accessed. How can I accomplish this?

Writing the actual script should be no problem, I'm just wondering how get it to execute everytime someone logs in.

Regards,

Lotharster

Agrouf · 06-12-2006, 09:23 AM

What about you put that in fstab?

Lotharster · 06-12-2006, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agrouf

What about you put that in fstab?

In that case I would have to enter the keys everytime I start my computer, hich is not what I want. I want to have several user accounts on the machine, some of them with encrypted home, some without.
Of course I could manually mount the partition everytime I want to login, but that is not very practical.

I'm sure there is some other way.

Agrouf · 06-12-2006, 09:40 AM

I didn't really get what you want, but usually startup scripts are in /etc/rc.d or /etc/init.d
If you want a startup script in the home of the user which is started at login, you have a .bash_profile in $HOME, but that's not what you want.
What is your distro?
What will your script do?

Agrouf · 06-12-2006, 09:45 AM

Wait I get it.
I don't know a simple way to do it, but you could ln the su command and do your script before you do the actual su.

Emmanuel_uk · 06-12-2006, 02:34 PM

I thought this was an interesting question. Another suggestion (do not if it would work)

less /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc
# Specify greeter plugins that can be used to obtain authentication data.
# This can be a plugin's base name (expands to $kde_modulesdir/kgreet_$base)
# or a full pathname. Default is classic
#PluginsLogin=sign