[SOLVED] Automatic login Ubuntu Server 20 LTS

Hello

How can I configure Ubuntu Server 20 LTS to login automatically at startup and also to reverse it if needed

And what would be the purpose of such a setup on a server?

Originally Posted by shruggy And what would be the purpose of such a setup on a server?

An annoying bug that displays garbage instead of a clean login screen ... and it's not an actual server

From the desktop select

Settings -> Users -> enable/disable Automatic login

Originally Posted by michaelk From the desktop select Settings -> Users -> enable/disable Automatic login

it's all text mode

Sounds like your monitor settings are not automatically being detected. Remember that linux is case sensitive.

sudo systemctl edit getty@tty1

Then enter this text and save the file afterwards:

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    [Service]
    ExecStart=
    ExecStart=/sbin/agetty --autologin Your_username --noclear %I $TERM

To undo just remove the lines by running the systemctl edit getty@tty1 command again.

You should be solving the garbled problem versus finding a workaround.

Originally Posted by michaelk Sounds like your monitor settings are not automatically being detected. Remember that linux is case sensitive. You should be solving the garbled problem versus finding a workaround.

Thank you, it worked ... now it displays those post login information and immediately after the prompt it continues to display a couple of messages about Cloud-init timing and at last the cursor (as it did before automatic login)

Maybe I should open a thread about disabling Cloud-init messages