Autologin or boot without human intervention

DavidHB · 03-02-2006, 03:08 PM

I've got a 512 MB embedded Adventech that needs to run in multi-user, but that also needs to boot without user/password.

It's got Slackware 10.2 with the 2.6.13 kernel and no X ( obviously with only 512MB ).

How do I do an autologin into root or something like that? Security is not an big issue, given it's application.

Thanks in advance. I'm new here but I see it's a busy place and a lot of experienced users.

David

pljvaldez · 03-02-2006, 03:57 PM

A quick google came back with this

http://linux.com.hk/penguin/man/8/rungetty.html
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3121

DavidHB · 03-03-2006, 11:51 AM

The second option looks like it has the best possibility, but neither, in the end, bypass the Password prompt for "root".

The first with rungetty works, but asks for password.
The second with the autologin script is pretty, but login -f root ( or any ID for that matter ) still asks for password. Is there a file that holds the passwords which isn't initialized or something?

Actually the autologin when run through inittab won't accept any password. ?? It's like it's entering a null userID or something.

gbonvehi · 03-03-2006, 12:34 PM

I used to startx as my user from rc.local, just remember to start the process on the background. It was something like: su - user -c 'source /etc/profile; startx'

There's a similar approach to what was explained on the second link pljvaldez posted, maybe this one works for you: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3121

beagle2 · 03-03-2006, 01:19 PM

I use this method http://jamesthornton.com/linux/gazet...e72/chung.html , hope it helps.