Hi, Thanks to Steve, Volker, Chris and Andrew. good suggestions all. I will report back tomorrow.
Thanks also for resisting the temptation to talk about security issues. That would have started a candle war (minor flame war), but thinking back to a joke on this list a while ago, maybe not. Derek ====== On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Andrew Errington wrote: > <snip> > > Any suggestions on enabling root to auto login to X? > > (Yes, one can hack the X startup scripts. this does work, but I am hoping > > for a more elegant solution) > > Are you using KDE as your desktop manager? If so then start up the control > centre and select System|Login Manager then click on the Convenience tab. > Top left of this tab is "Automatic Login". > > If you are not using KDE (which in fact you might not be, since you > mentioned gdmsetup) then I have no other suggestions. > > HTH, > > Andy > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. Any fool can write code that IndraNet Technologies Ltd. a computer can understand. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good programmers write code ph +64 3 365 6485 that humans can understand. Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ Martin Fowler
