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.
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