There is also the autologin (al) option in gettytab(5) that logs in a user instead of prompting for a username/password. You can run X from his .profile
btw. isn't this more appropriate for freebsd-questions instead of -hackers? On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 16:18:43 +0000 "Emilio Manuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

