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Old 07-10-2007, 09:09 AM   #1
obsolete123
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Forcing RH9 to automatically log in


I have a server running Red Hat 9, the only purpose of which is to save and archive logs from our network switches. It's on a private network, isolated from the outside world, and is also in a physically secure room.

I don't want to have to run to the computer room every time I'd like to use it, though--I've set it up with x11vnc and the VNC server starts up automatically when I log in as root and works well.

I'm okay with using the root account because it's the login/password that all of our trusted users have, and the machine is reasonably secure/not mission-critical as outlined above.

Anyhow, VNC needs a user to be logged in and have an open Gnome session, so I tried the following, which I believe is the standard procedure:

Desktop -> System Settings -> Login Screen
General Tab -> Automatic Login ->
Login a user automatically on first bootup (Checked)
Automatic login username: "root" after 10 seconds.

And...it doesn't work! The machine boots to a Gnome login prompt and just sits there. Is there just a "Don't automatically log in as root, stupid!" block built in, or am I missing something?

TIA.

Last edited by obsolete123; 07-10-2007 at 09:18 AM.
 
Old 07-10-2007, 10:51 AM   #2
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Did you try a regular user account login? I mean root should not be able to log onto X at all, it's usually prevented because it's a security hole the size of your serverroom

And yes, there is a configuration option to allow root logins to X.
 
Old 07-10-2007, 02:43 PM   #3
obsolete123
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Is there just a "Don't automatically log in as root, stupid!" block built in...
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Did you try a regular user account login? I mean root should not be able to log onto X at all, it's usually prevented because it's a security hole the size of your serverroom
This was exactly the problem. I ended up just creating another account, adding the x11vnc command it its .bashrc, and using it instead, after which things went just fine. I guess some people are just going to have to use a different login and password, but it's not an oft-used machine, so it shouldn't be too big an inconvenience.

Thanks.
 
  


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