Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:06:29 -0600 (CST) From: "Pranav A. Desai" <pdesai1@cs.uh.edu> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to auto-login on boot up Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0403301404250.24093-100000@themis.cs.uh.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040330171038.GA92336@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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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 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. > > I would appreciate any suggestions or solutions. > > 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 > the named user. Then you use /etc/ttys to tell the system to run a > getty(8) with that terminal type on a particular tty (the console, or > a vty) -- init(8) scans the /etc/ttys file and will detect when the > associated getty program exits and respawn it. > > Set the login shell of the username you select to the program you want > to run on the console, and take steps so that you can't get into that > account by other means, like ftp(1) or ssh(1). > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK >
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