Re: How to auto-login on boot up

2004-03-31 Thread Richard P. Williamson
At 18:10 30/03/2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:47:45AM -0600, Pranav A. Desai wrote: Is there a way to auto login on the console when the system boots up. So that I can run a script that will provide with a menu to the user instead of the login prompt. And also if the

Re: How to auto-login on boot up

2004-03-31 Thread Richard P. Williamson
At 15:26 31/03/2004, Richard P. Williamson wrote: At 18:10 30/03/2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: See ttys(5), getty(8), gettytab(5). Basically you setup a terminal type via /etc/gettytab -- copy the 'Pc' entry and append the 'al=username' property -- which causes that terminal to autologin as I'm

How to auto-login on boot up

2004-03-30 Thread Pranav A. Desai
Hi all! Is there a way to auto login on the console when the system boots up. So that I can run a script that will provide with a menu to the user instead of the login prompt. And also if the script is killed or it dies it should respawn. Something similar to what /etc/inittab can do in linux.

Re: How to auto-login on boot up

2004-03-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:47:45AM -0600, Pranav A. Desai wrote: Is there a way to auto login on the console when the system boots up. So that I can run a script that will provide with a menu to the user instead of the login prompt. And also if the script is killed or it dies it should

Re: How to auto-login on boot up

2004-03-30 Thread Pranav A. Desai
Nice! ... works great ! Thanks a lot for your help. -Pranav *** Pranav A. Desai On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:47:45AM -0600, Pranav A. Desai wrote: Is there a way to auto login on