Serge,
I think a better way to proceed with auto-login would be to take a look
at KDM and GDM's
capability of automatically logging users in, without a user-id and
password.
I've successfully done this with KDM, and you can have each workstation
automatically
log in using different user ids.
Hope that helps,
Jim McQuillan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Serge B Bromow wrote:
>Morning,
>
>Please forgive the length.
>
>LTSPV3, RH7.1
>
>I am trying to setup my Work Stations to auto load
>X applications without the use of xdm. Xdm at the console
>is fine but all of the station are designed to present an specific
>application when they start.
>
>I see that I can alter the "rc.local" file to configure the "start_ws"
>file for the purpose of loading my own startup proceedure.
>I am trying to "rlogin" to the station
>without the use of passwords. Most station applications
>are touch screens and keyboards a rarely used.
>
>The server login in this case is "apps". In the
>"/home/apps/.bash_profile" I have
>added a script as follows;
>
>host=`who -lm | awk "{ print "'$NF'" }" | sed 's/(//;s/)//'`
>
>This return the workstation hostname logging in. i.e ws001,2,etc
>Base on the workstation hostname I load the appropriate
>application.
>
>On the work station I execute;
>
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit -- :0
>
>with an "/.xinitrc" file containing
>
>xhost +&
>gnome-terminal -e rlogin -l apps 192.168.0.254
>
>This works from a regular Linux box but
>the work station always asks for a password.
>
>I believe this is the result of rlogin not being able to
>resolve the host and login information. I see that the
>files /etc/hosts and /etc/hosts.equiv are located in the
>WS:/tmp directory. I cannot changes these since they are
>read only temp files. Also there is no "apps" entry in the
>WS:/etc/passwd file.
>
>QUESTION:
>
>1) Am I doing this the hard way or what? If not,
>
>2) How to I configure the WS hosts & hosts.equive file
>before the station starts?,
>
>3) How do I create a user "apps" on the WS with
>an entry in WS:/etc/passwd file so rlogin can resolve its
>password
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>
>Serge
>
>
>
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