Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:17:44 +0000 From: void <float@firedrake.org> To: Anthony Schneider <anthony@x-anthony.com> Cc: Emilio Manuel <curioso1100@hotmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot without user and password Message-ID: <20030320201743.GA23863@parhelion.firedrake.org> In-Reply-To: <20030320164012.GA70326@x-anthony.com> References: <F34EMDpCnJ711HZv7FD00003d45@hotmail.com> <20030320164012.GA70326@x-anthony.com>
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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 majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > 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 majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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