AUTO Login help

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#1

I have test machines that boot to RunLevel 3. I need to run a script, and am considering auto-logon. The auto-logon option with in yast2 users only effects the GUI logon.

Is there a way to auto logon to a command line console while in init 3?

Thanks,

#2

Be warned that I haven’t personally tried this myself, but theoretically, it should work. Back up inittab before proceeding (and anyone here who knows a better way, jump right in).

In /etc/inittab, locate the line:



1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1

Change it to



1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin <username> tty1

Make sure that you’ve already set the default runlevel to 3 (CLI, instead of graphical). See “man mingetty” for more info.

#3

I will give it a shot and let you know how it worked. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks,

#4

Failed. There is no option for autologin. Looked at MAN Pages.

Any other Ideas?

Thanks

#5

What version of SuSE are you running? When I enter “man mingetty” in a terminal, I get a list of all options, one of which is “-- autologin.”

#6

Incidentally, I just tried it on my Opensuse 11.1 installation, on my laptop, for tty4 (virtual terminal 4). I used


1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin stephen tty4

… and it worked just fine. After rebooting, when I entered “CTRL-ALT-F4,” I was already logged in to that terminal.

Now, I realize that’s not the same as booting into CLI mode, but it shows that the arguments are at least correct.

#7

This on a SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) 64 bit system. The odd thing, I looked a my MAN page for OpenSuSE 11.1, and saw the same thing you did. And it worked. But for SLES, its not. In a way I can understand for security reasons, but I need it.

I think I am back to playing with the RC Scripts. Just means more complexity to my process.

Thanks,

#8

Try one more thing: open up your inittab and see what getty is being used (agetty, maybe?). There should be a man page for that.

#9

4:2345:/sbin/mingetty --autologin <username> tty4
i tried ,but i didnot got theb answer.
this code working only 64 bit…,my o.s is 32 bit…
give me the replay…

thank’s you
reddy