Re: Auto login and window manager specification with xdm?

Michael Eyrich (michey@prz.tu-berlin.de)
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:04:46 +0100 (CET)


1) Is there any dependency to linux-net?

2) You should nearly never open an account from bootup without the
necessity to give a password!

Michael Eyrich

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, keith tang wrote:

|Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
|>
|> keith tang <keith.tang@marathonelectric.com> writes:
|>
|> [snip]
|> > I would prefer the system, upon power up, log itself into the proper
|> > account, and auto start Xwindow and the application. Is this a
|> > realistic objective?
|>
|> Yes, as long as you make a proper .xinitrc file, which loads your window
|> manager (if one is required at all), and your application with the
|> geometry you want it to have. For instance, if you want /app/foo to
|> cover the entire desktop, with fvwm being the window manager (mostly
|> used for moving around popup dialogs), you can get away with an .xinitrc
|> as simple as:

[ ... ]

|Is anybody familiar with how bypassing the login could be accomplished.

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