Deploy an auto-login user on 10.9.5

I am trying to create an auto-login user on our network of 10.9.5 machines, but the com.apple.loginwindow.plist reverts itself after any change I make (I have tried changing it in terminal and editing it manually). I understand that starting with Mavericks that plist files are now cached, and I believe that this has something to do with it. Has anyone been able to implement auto-login network wide on 10.9.5?

Quit System Preferences.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart, open the System Preferences and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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Please help! Bizarre login/user account problem

In 24 years of using Macs, this is the most frustrating thing I've ever faced and I am in desperate need of help.
For the entire story of my circumstances, see below. The short version of my problem: My auto-login user account is corrupt but I can't figure out how to bypass/interrupt it so I can log in to a different user account. Is there a way to use Single User Mode to do this - to get to the regular login screen where I can enter a different user name and password???
I follwed the steps outlined by Michael in this thread, but it did not work
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1124380
Any expedient help is greatly appreciated, I'm in dire straights...my Mac has been down for a week with this problem and my work is suffering.
Thanks in advance,
-Nelson
Here's the long version of how I arrived at these circumstances:
I have a single (admin level) user account on my new Mac Pro, with auto-login enabled. The home folder is on a separate internal drive (bay 2) from the OS/applications (bay 1). Out of nowhere, I got the error "You are unable to log in to the user account. Login failed because an error occurred." I was not able to login to my machine. When I tried to boot from my bootable clone backup, got the same error. Tried to boot from the Leopard install DVD, got the 5-language kernel panic screen. Off to the Apple Store.
It didn't occur to me at this time to mention my Home folder being on a 2nd drive, that was my mistake #1. They ended up replacing the logic board and RAM riser cards, neither of which was remotely related to the problem. In the process, they were able to create a new admin-level 'test' user account, and got the machine up and running again. At this point they noticed that there was no other user/Home folder present on the startup drive and at this point I told them that it was located on drive 2. That drive was not appearing in the finder, so apparently it had croaked - and knowing this pretty much explained the original problem, to me at least.
I get home, log in as Test, delete my old user account, create a new user account and put the Home folder for this new account on drive 3. My stupid mistake #2: I used the same name for the new account as my old account, and mistake #3, turned auto-login to this account back on.
But at this point, everything was still working, and I commenced to try to recover my lost Home folder from my Time Machine backup and figure out how to restore all of my system settings, which were wiped out with the creation of the new Test user account. I'll skip over some of the other problems I ran into with Time Machine at this point and get to the real issue: after a couple of successful restarts and logins to my newly created user account (the one with the same name as my old account but with it's Home folder in a different location), the ORIGINAL "You are unable to log in to the user account. Login failed because an error occurred." error has returned.
Now I'm back where I started, and can't figure out how to log in to the Test account that resides on my startup drive, because auto-login is enabled for the 'broken' user account - even though the Home folder for this account is located on a working drive.
I've done tons of searching and can't figure out how to use Single User Mode to login to Test. When I try the login command, it says 'login incorrect', even though I am using the correct user and password. Help!!

well, something is really messed up with those accounts so I would create a new admin account, log into that and go from there.
To do that [enable the root user|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1278], safe boot, log in as root and create a new admin account, also while you are at it disable the auto login.
You can also work from the root account but I would recommend against it. It's not really safe.

Help required on configuring Auto Login...!

Hi All,
I'm using SUn ONE Webserver Service Pack 9. And once after starting my Web Server instance and when ever I invoke my application url (http://localhost:8080/) It automatically takes me inside the application. I need to remove this auto login configuration. Because whenever I use Logout and login using some other user_id. It still logs in as the same Auto login user name.
Kindly help me.
Thanks in advance.
SAM

Hi,
I resolved the problem. It was too some more properties files which needs to be added to the app.
Cheers
SS

Auto login with web auth?

I have a guest WLAN on a mobility anchor that uses web auth for access. There is a small set of local users, but the majority of the auth comes from a Radius server. Question is, can I setup some type of policy that will auto login users based on MAC address so they don't have to web authenticate?
Thanks!
Edit: I have seen where you can enable mac filtering on the WLAN and specify individual mac addresses to permit. This would work, but I still want web auth for the majority of users. Only a few users should be automatically connected. The rest should still authenticate via web auth.

Well I have some fantastic news.... and then some horrible news at the same time...
In 7.0.116.0 a new feature was introduced called web auth on mac-filter failure. Basically it does exactly what I think you are asking. Right? You mac filter your wlan, and then if anyone fails the mac filter, they can web authenticate.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work in an Anchored scenario as the Mac filter is L2 performed on the Foreign WLC, and the Anchor does L3 with no knowledge the Foreign was good to bypass webauth.... CSCts54424 is tracking this behavior for Anchor scenario, but I don't think it is planned to go into 7.0......

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:
Copy the "autologon" script to a temporary folder on the local drive
Create a new scheduled task which runs on startup, as the SYSTEM user, and runs the "autologon" script (using schtasks.exe)
The "autologon" script does the following:
Create the relevant registry keys to enable automatic logon.
Delete the above scheduled task.
Reboot the workstation.
In the MDT task sequence, create a new task at the very end, which installs a single application. Choose the AutoLogon Script application.
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

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 to hide user id and password for auto login in Analyzer 6.5?

Could anyone tell me is it possible to hide the user id and password for auto login in Analyzer version 6.5 and how?Thanks in advance...

Sainath,
Referring admin guide as mentioned by Craig is good option.
Let me give you few steps that I did in one of my projects.
Open command prompt and navigate to the path "C:\Oracle\Middleware\EPMSystem11R1\products\DataRelationshipManagement\client\batch-client".. here you can see many see other utilities as well.
drm-batch-client-credentials.exe is the one used to encrypt the userid and password.
open this in command prompt and then choose the application to which you want to encrypt the password.
then remove userid and password from batch script then run it... it does what you want

Auto login after new user registration

Hello,
I would like to go directly to a restricted page (add session variables for username, level, etc) after a new user is registered, without first going to the login page. Is there a way to do this? I tried adding a login user behavior to my new user registration page, but it disabled the form validation on the page. I also tried copying some of the login page code (login transactions) into the new user registration page, but that didn't work either... any help would be greatly appreciated!
Steve
BTW, I am not utilizing email activation

Well I finally figured out a work around... I am sure others will run into this problem and if someone can explain it to me I would be happy. But for now this will work.
The above code that Steve U posted works for me exactly 50% of the time. It will work every other time, why I don't know. I even changed all of my temp and session directories in php configuration, changed from php5 to php4 and still no fix.
Here is what I did to get it to work:
On your registration form underneath the insert transaction you copy and paste the login transaction (that you generate on a login page).
*Change tNG_login(this is your server connection)
*Change the POST value to match your submit button on your registration form, mine is KT_Insert1.
*Modify the redirect trigger to go to the page you want to redirect to after registration.
*Change the kt_login_user and kt_login_password addColumn values to match the username and password fields in your registration form, mine are email_usr and password_usr
*comment out the kt_login_rememberme addColumn (or if you need this, modify the code to allow for it in the registration form)
I have now successfully registered a new account and had it auto-login to the user protected area 10 times in a row now, so this should be working.
If you want some sample code here it is:
// Make a login transaction instance
$loginTransaction = new tNG_login($conn_connection);
$tNGs->addTransaction($loginTransaction);
// Register triggers
$loginTransaction->registerTrigger("STARTER", "Trigger_Default_Starter", 1, "POST", "KT_Insert1");
//$loginTransaction->registerTrigger("BEFORE", "Trigger_Default_FormValidation", 10, $formValidation);
$loginTransaction->registerTrigger("END", "Trigger_Default_Redirect", 99, "user/confirmlogin.php");
// Add columns
$loginTransaction->addColumn("kt_login_user", "STRING_TYPE", "POST", "email_usr");
$loginTransaction->addColumn("kt_login_password", "STRING_TYPE", "POST", "password_usr");
//$loginTransaction->addColumn("kt_login_rememberme", "CHECKBOX_1_0_TYPE", "POST", "kt_login_rememberme", "0");
// End of login transaction instance

Auto-Login Network User

I am wondering if there is any way to auto-login as a network user?

Quit System Preferences.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart, open the System Preferences and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

MDT 2012 Update 1 - Deployment - Auto Login won't Disable

Hello,
I am using MDT 2012 Update 1 with an almost vanilla Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 test box. I can deploy both images fine and get a success on my summary but both machines continue to auto login to the Administrator account. To my understanding, the Auto Login
should be shutoff via the LTIcleanup script. When I double check the script for the reg keys that are added/deleted I can confirm that this is happening but the images still continue to auto login to the admin account.
Anyone have any ideas?

Thought I would let those who are interested know. After speaking with Microsoft Premier Support they determined that you must have a password on the Administrator account. If you don't then something goofs up and causes the auto logon issues that I was
having.

RE: (forte-users) Auto Login...

Hi Craig,
Please look at the Technote 11545. If you want to use a User Visible SO and
make it available to other SO or clients you have only 3 choices:
* using an agent
* using BindObject
* using reference partition
Solutions and "How to" you can find in this Technote.
Regards,
Zenon Adamek
Purolator
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Muir [SMTP:craig.muirstonebow.otago.ac.nz]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 7:53 PM
To: kamranaminyahoo.com
Subject: (forte-users) Auto Login...
Hi.
I want to update our login window so a user only has to manually log in
once, regardless of what applications they run.
Currently, whenever a user wants to run an app, they have to log in
manually.
If they already have 3 aps running on their machine under the same
usercode, they still have to enter their usercode and password. Given the
environment our users work in, this is somewhat redundant, since they will
invariably be logging in under the same usercode, and therefore the same
password, every time.
Basically, I want a user to login as usual (manually) when they have no
apps running.
Then, while they have any apps running, I want them to be able to start
any
other app they have rights to without having to type their details in
again. I still want the same security as if they were logging in manually,
I just want the login details for the new app to be retrieved from the
open
app (same usercode) and the login done behind the scenes, so to speak.
If at any time they try to open an app and they don't already have one
running, they get the usual login screen.
So far, my idea is to have a SO on the client as a separate task and
manage
it using a systemAgent. The SO would hold the usercode, and what apps the
user is running. This would be polled to get the relevant usercode for
login to happen invisibly to the user. When a new app is started, it is
added to the list, when it's killed, it gets removed, etc. Once the last
one is removed, kill the SO task.
Does Forte have a more direct way to do this?
Surely someone has done this already?
Does this approach work?
Any help would be great.
Thanks.
Craig.
Craig Muir Administrative Technology Services
Analyst Programmer University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
Ph: +64 3 479 5144
Fax +64 3 479 5080 mailto:craig.muirstonebow.otago.ac.nz
-> You don't stop laughing because you grow old;
-> you grow old when you stop laughing.
For the archives, go to: http://lists.xpedior.com/forte-users and use
the login: forte and the password: archive. To unsubscribe, send in a new
email the word: 'Unsubscribe' to: forte-users-requestlists.xpedior.com

Et voilà,
WindowsUserName : TextData;
WindowsUserName = task.part.OperatingSystem.GetEnv(name='username');
Hope this helps
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-----Original Message-----
From: Olivier Andrieux [SMTP:oandrieuxaxialog.fr]
Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2000 11:53
To: Mailing Liste Forte
Subject: (forte-users) a french question about a login
Bonjour,
J'ai une petite question à vous soumettre:
Je voudrais réaliser une fenêtre de login avec Forté, mais pour
cela il me faudrait récupérer les informations
d'identification de chaque utilisateur sur le serveur
NT. Questionner le serveur en utilisant les mêmes noms et mots de passe
utilisateurs que le serveur.
Cela est-il possible ?
Je vous remercie par avance pour vos réponse .
A bientôt
Olivier.
Olivier Andrieux
Axialog Lille
France

Auto login wifi guest network

hi all,
we running an iPad pilot within our company and I'd like to use the internal wifi guest network. the guest network is using a loghin page with userid and password and a little checkbox to accept the terms.
when i connect with the ipad (and iphone as well) and fill in the required fields it nicely connects. but after sleep or a reboot it keeps coming with the login page and needs the uid/pw/checkbox. I can make the ipad remember the uid/pw and it fills them in the login page but it keeps wanting the checkbox.
there should be some automatic protocol to auto login so I connect to the company wifi just like it is at home (i know, wpa2 at home is completely different, but for the end user is isn't
is there an option somewhere in Iphone config util? Can I pre-deploy guestnetworks with ipcu?
anyone?
cheers,
emiel

This is not an iPad / iPhone issue. This is an issue with the way the network is configured in regards to authentication.
Just a guess, but I'm betting you don't have the cooperation of the IT department in this venture, do you? If you have a separate, secure internal network, You may be able to convince them to allow the iPads access to that network instead. The fact that you're trying to use the guest network tells me that IT either doesn't know about this or has prohibited their use on the company network.
That, or the company contracted out the configuration of the network and no-one knows how to get around it.
This wouldn't by chance be a hotel, would it?

MDT 2012 update 1 auto login not working after recover from domain

I have two domains. The old domain is a single label domain and when running the deployment task sequence it joins the domain and auto logs in as local admin no problem. When I change the same task sequence to join the new . local domain the pc joins
the domain but fails to login as local admin. I get unknown user name or password. I hit ctrl +ALt+del and it is trying to login as the domain\administrator. Local admin password is correct in the unattend.xml. I have the PC's going to the "computers"
Container when joining the domain. Any help would be much appreciated.

I have Administrator as the user . as the domain and the correct password. When the deployment fails to login the username is "domain"\administrator. Anywhere else I should be looking???

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.

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