On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:40:12AM -0500, Anthony Schneider wrote: > if you are trying to do what i think you're trying to do, you can put > something like the following in /etc/rc.local or in a script in > /usr/local/etc/rc.d: > > su username -c xinit > > where username is the name of the user you want to start X with.
And if you're not using X, you could try this -- it's untested but I think it will work. Replace this line in /etc/ttys: ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure with this: ttyv0 "login -f username" cons25 on secure > On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 04:18:43PM +0000, Emilio Manuel wrote: > > I want to know how a FreeBSD box, just after finish booting process, can > > start automatically a session with a predeterminate user without doing the > > normal login process (ie, without typing user and password). > > > > I wan to do this under Xwindows because I pretend to use this box as a > > "dumb X terminal" that can display messages send from another UNIX machine. > > > > Security themes don't bother me, cause I use this box in a small local > > network without conflictive users. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Quisiera saber como una m?quina FreeBSD, justo despues de terminar el > > proceso de arranque, podr?a arrancar una sesi?n autom?ticamente con un > > usuario predeterminado, sin pasar por el proceso normal de conexi?n (es > > decir, sin teclear el usuario y la contrase?a). > > > > Quiero hacer esto con Xwindows porque pretendo usar esta m?quina como > > "terminal tonto" que muestre mensajes enviados desde otras m?quinas. > > > > Los temas de seguridad no me preocupan, pues la red local es peque?a y los > > usuarios no son conflictivos. > > > > Gracias de antemano. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Charla con tus amigos en l?nea mediante MSN Messenger: > > http://messenger.yupimsn.com/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Ben "An art scene of delight I created this to be ..." -- Sun Ra To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
