Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:40:12 -0500 From: Anthony Schneider <anthony@x-anthony.com> To: Emilio Manuel <curioso1100@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot without user and password Message-ID: <20030320164012.GA70326@x-anthony.com> In-Reply-To: <F34EMDpCnJ711HZv7FD00003d45@hotmail.com> References: <F34EMDpCnJ711HZv7FD00003d45@hotmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. -Anthony. 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+ee7rKUeW47UGY2kRAoJTAJ9ntbHbzAl+TMPO+W9jLTpUboLdjwCfVuRi NdmYD435ME43L33iECsr/+s= =mOBC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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