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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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if you are trying to do what i think you're trying to do, you can put=20
something like the following in /etc/rc.local or in a script in=20
/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=
=20
> start automatically a session with a predeterminate user without doing th=
e=20
> normal login process (ie, without typing user and password).
>=20
> I wan to do this under Xwindows because I pretend to use this box as a=20
> "dumb X terminal" that can display messages send from another UNIX machin=
e.
>=20
> Security themes don't bother me, cause I use this box in a small local=20
> network without conflictive users.
>=20
> Thank you in advance.
>=20
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Quisiera saber como una m?quina FreeBSD, justo despues de terminar el=20
> proceso de arranque, podr?a arrancar una sesi?n autom?ticamente con un=20
> usuario predeterminado, sin pasar por el proceso normal de conexi?n (es=
=20
> decir, sin teclear el usuario y la contrase?a).
>=20
> Quiero hacer esto con Xwindows porque pretendo usar esta m?quina como=20
> "terminal tonto" que muestre mensajes enviados desde otras m?quinas.
>=20
> Los temas de seguridad no me preocupan, pues la red local es peque?a y lo=
s=20
> usuarios no son conflictivos.
>=20
> Gracias de antemano.
>=20
>=20
> _________________________________________________________________
> Charla con tus amigos en l?nea mediante MSN Messenger:=20
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>=20
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