Auto-login upon boot

Hi,
how do I set up Auto-login for the GUI upon boot?

I never tried this, but i think you should be able to do it with GDM.
If you run the gdm configure utlitity:
gdm-config
i think you can set a username which to use for autologin, then you only have to disable cde-login and enable gdm2-login:
svcadm disable cde-login (if you do this while using CDE/JDS, you will probably be thrown out to the console-login)
svcadm enable gdm2-login
.7/M.

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I have a G5 running Leopard that I'm using as a print server. I would like to set it up to automatically login into a certain account when it boots up—to start up my printer RIP—but I'd like to hide that boot process from any users who happen to be around at the time. Assuming I have fast user switching enabled, is there a way to script a login as a background boot process?

I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Here's what I think you mean:
-you want your computer to auto-login to a certain account on boot--see Sys Prefs -> Accounts -> Login Options
-you want to start a process at boot -- try using Lingon (http://sourceforge.net/projects/lingon/files/)
-you want to hide the existence of the process you started from anyone who might be poking around in Activity Monitor/top/ps -- 1) you can't; 2) why would you want to?
-you want to be able to use fast user switching and still have your process running -- set up your job in Lingon as a "System Daemon"
Is that what you mean? Please ask if you meant something else.
ddr

Having trouble locating auto login for boot up.

I'm the only user on my Mac Mini and I'd like to bypass the login screen on boot up, but I can't locate that option.

If you have filevault enabled, automatic login is disabled. You would have to disable filevault (decrypt the drive) to allow for automatic login again.

Auto login in Solaris 10

Hi all
I'm trying to establish auto login in Solaris 10, as a regular user or root. This is a personal testing machine, so security is not an issue.
I want to automatically login preferably in the shell mode, ( no GUI if it's possible ), otherwise I can login with GUI, no biggie.
From what I've found, it does not seem an easy job, given that my Solaris experience is somewhat limited, ( been working more on Linux ).
If I can get that going, I'd prefer to run a few scripts upon login, which I think I can do it.
So what steps must I go through to have auto login upon boot ? How hard is it ?
Appreciate any comments. Thanks
PS. Reposted, because I submitted my query in the wrong forum.
Add the line below, to */etc/inittab* file.
ip:1234:once:/full/path/to/scriptEdited by: mysol on Aug 4, 2009 4:12 PM
Edited by: mysol on Aug 4, 2009 4:15 PM

What do you mean by auto login?
Do you want to implement Integrated windows authentication in OIM Design console. If yes, then I don't think it's possible.
Post your requirement here so that ppl can help you out.

How to auto login in Solaris 10

Hi all
I'm trying to establish auto login in Solaris 10, as a regular user or root. This is a personal testing machine, so security is not an issue.
I want to automatically login preferably in the shell mode, ( no GUI if it's possible ), otherwise I can login with GUI, no biggie.
From what I've found, it does not seem an easy job, given that my Solaris experience is somewhat limited, ( been working more on Linux ).
If I can get that going, I'd prefer to run a few scripts upon login, which I think I can do it.
So what steps must I go through to have auto login upon boot ? How hard is it ?
Appreciate any comments. Thanks
P.S. Just noticed I might have posted in the wrong forum. Sorry !
Which forum should I post again ?
Edited by: mysol on Jul 20, 2009 10:44 AM

ZFS has not yet been integrated into Solaris 10...
At this time you need either the "Software Express for Solaris 2/06"
( http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/ ) or the
"Solaris Express: Community Release"
( http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/on/ ) to play with ZFS.
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IMac is asking for admin login password upon startup when it never did before, settings are still on auto login. Why is it doing this out of the blue?

iMac is asking for admin login password upon startup when it never did before, settings are still on auto login. Why is it doing this out of the blue?

Is sounds like it might for some reason booting into Safe Mode, which does prompt for a password.
Try a PRAM reset:
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
If that doesn't help, restart holding down the option key which should take you to the startup manager. Select Macintosh HD (you may need to use the arrows on the keyboard if the kb is Bluetooth), tap 'enter'. Does it boot normally now?

How to auto login multiple users on boot?

I have mac mini and have users with autostart some programs. But autostart is only when i login on this account.
So now only i can login in to each account and when switch to next account. But it is not good.
I need auto login in to all needed user account. How do that?

Yeah, I'm a big believer in just keeping the machine running, but unfortunately the machine ends up freezing up a few times a month and then it hours of agony as the family complains they can't log into their accounts..etc. I'm going to try updating the hard drive to one of the new Seagate Hybride SSD/HDD drives to help speed the machine up overall. No worries, I've been cleaning off the machine trying to make it run a little smoother (2011 iMac 27", 16GB Ram, 2.97 i7) until I can get a new machine that's a little beffier (the new Mac Pro let's just say).

Auto-login then Fast User Switch out?

I've got a few programs (e.g. Chronosync) that need to launch as a user upon login. I need these to launch at boot time. Of course, I could auto-login to this account, but that would leave the machine sitting there with an admin account logged in (something I'd rather not do).
Is there any way I could do something like auto-login to this acct at boot and then do an immediate FUS out to the login window?
Craig

One way to do this is with Automator:
1) Launch Automator. Make a new custom workflow.
2) Choose the "run shell script" action. Paste this text into the box:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend (all that should be on one line)
3) Save the workflow as an application.
4) Go to System Preferences -> Accounts -> your account -> Login items. Make your Automator app a login item.

How do I get out of kernel panic? kernel panic upon boot. I did that hard drive cleanup and reinstalled Lion. What about memory? Anyone think I need to upgrade my memory? I have 8gig.

I get kernel paic upon boot. I did that hard drive cleanup and reinstalled Lion. What about memory? Anyone think I need to upgrade my memory? I have 8 G of upgraded RAM. (20 inch iMac core 2 duo)

If you're able to boot, launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the page that opens.
Select the most recent panic log under System Diagnostic Reports. Post the contents — the text, please, not a screenshot. For privacy’s sake, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header and body of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don't post "shutdownStall" or "hang" reports.
If you can't boot in the usual way, try a safe boot. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
During startup, you’ll see a progress bar, and then the login screen, which appears even if you normally log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Safe mode is slower than normal, and some things won’t work at all.
Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you can’t boot in safe mode.

MDT 2012 - Auto login settings were gone at the end of the deployment

I need to make some PC for public use (Has a local user account that no need to login)
There's no problem for me to created the local user account and and its profile folder by using custom tasks.
The auto login settings also successfully set by modify the registry or use Sysinternals - Autologon.exe
But after the last restart of th PC (I set to restart at the end of the deployment), Windows stuck at the login screen.
Then I found that all the auto login settings were gone (Both in the registry and netplwiz).
Since this custom task is place near the end in the Task sequence (which means there should be no other task that can influence it). So, I suspect may be the Group Policy reset all those settings.

I had the same problem, and these were my solutions:
Comment out the relevant lines in LTICleanup. I tried to avoid this, in case any updates to MDT reversed the change. Also even if I documented it, it might not be apparent to another technician years down the line. I prefer to leave the MDT files unchanged.
Create a script that runs after the task sequence has completed. This is the option I chose, and it was a bit more complicated than it appeared.
What I did was as follows:
Create a new AutoLogon Script application.
The "application" must consist of two script files: install and autologon.
The "install" script does the following:
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The "autologon" script does the following:
Create the relevant registry keys to enable automatic logon.
Delete the above scheduled task.
Reboot the workstation.
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In your CustomSettings.ini, set FinishAction=REBOOT
So at the end of your task sequence, the workstation will reboot. It will then run the autologon script after boot up, but will not autologon. When the script finishes, it will reboot again, at which point it will autologon with the details you specified.
It's a little fiddly, but works for me.
Johan Arwidmark has another method here, which might be even easier - http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/122/Final-Configuration-for-MDT-2013-Lite-Touch-now-with-Autologon-support.aspx

Auto Login (Console, No Manager) [SOLVED]

I'm a noob to archlinux and the forums here, but hopefully I can become part of it!
I'm looking for a way to autologin to the console on boot, as I'll be running this computer as an SSH server for secure connections from anywhere in the world, and if I reboot it I really need it to login as root automatically. No login managers, just the lovely black console, that's what I need to auto-login. If that isn't possible... It would be a shame, but I couldn't find anything about just the console in the wiki or forums, only auto-logins for window managers and the like.
Also, if there's a way to start the SSHd after my wpa_supplicant has run on boot, I'd like your help with that too! To be specific: I figured out how to run wpa_supplicant on boot, but SSHd doesn't start automatically (I assume because when it does there's not yet a network connection), so how can I make it wait (say... 30 seconds) before starting itself, to be sure my Wifi will have authenticated by then (WPA)?
Help is much appreciated!
Ian
You're right, it works fine either way! Thanks for your help, I just though that maybe it'd need to be locally logged in to operate the SSHd, but that is false.
Last edited by suplegolas (2009-10-11 18:35:11)

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That's all. Security doesn't matter, as no one will have physical access to the logged in machine, that's why I disregard the security concerns of auto-login for local root.

MBP NVIDIA blackout - Change auto login in sys pref's?

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Proceed further only if the problem hasn't been solved.
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Back up all data now.
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Admin Server auto-login...

I'm wondering if some one out there knows how to do this:
Start the admin server with out a password (I have this part working already)
And not have the console (http://adminserver:7001/console) have the username and
password already filled in.
I've tried using the boot.properties and the -Dweblogic.management.username=username
which successfully by-pass the prompt at startup, but it allows everyone to log
into the console webapp.
So if there's a way to do this, I'd love to know, or if it can't be done, I'd
like to know that too.
Rich Whiffen

Rich,
Unfortunately, there is no way to "auto login" to the admin console. This
is something that could be useful though, so I'll add it to a list of
enhancments to potentially be included in a feature release.
Thanks
Chris Chiodo
BEA Systems
"Rich Whiffen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I'm wondering if some one out there knows how to do this:
Start the admin server with out a password (I have this part workingalready)
And not have the console (http://adminserver:7001/console) have the
username and
password already filled in.
I've tried using the boot.properties andthe -Dweblogic.management.username=username
which successfully by-pass the prompt at startup, but it allows everyoneto log
into the console webapp.
So if there's a way to do this, I'd love to know, or if it can't be done,I'd
like to know that too.
Rich Whiffen

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