Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:31:23 +0200 From: Joost Bekkers <joost@bps.jodocus.org> To: Joseph Wright <JWRIGHT@mbakercorp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Auto Login Message-ID: <20020819173123.GA41589@bps.jodocus.org> In-Reply-To: <sd60b79c.069@mbakercorp.com> References: <sd60b79c.069@mbakercorp.com>
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On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 09:16:52AM -0400, Joseph Wright wrote: > How do I set FreeBSD 4.6.2 to automatically login as a specific user > during bootup? > Assuming you want to autologin on one of the virtual terminals: First edit /etc/gettytab, find the one for 'Pc' and duplicate it with a unique name and add al=<username>: For 4.5R you would end up with something like: P|Pc|Pc console:\ :ht:np:sp#115200: Pc-foo:\ :ht:np:sp#115200:al=user: Next edit /etc/ttys and change the line for the terminal you want to auto-login on from ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure to ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc-foo" cons25 on secure And finally let init(8) know we changed something kill -HUP 1 But before you start doing this think 2 or 3 times about the insecurity you're creating with this. - greetz Joost joost@jodocus.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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