[SOLVED] Automatically login to screen

Is there any way that if I log in with a username, it automatically attached to an existing Screen session, or if there isn't any, creates one?
Last edited by Lenry (2012-05-10 17:02:02)

Trilby wrote:
Well I'm not sure what you're going to do in a screen session if you don't know any shell commands.
Replace the tmux line with your screen command. In fact, if you want screen to start whenever you log in to any shell (tty and term emulator) then you can ditch the conditionals and just put a very vanilla screen command in your ~/.bashrc.
EDIT: as tone is lost online, I wanted to clarify that I didn't mean this in any judgmental or mean way at all. I was just genuinely confused. Many people would not know anything about shell commands ... they just wouldn't be looking for a way to run a screen sesssion.
I know, I sounded / looked stupid, sorry for the lame questions
Of course I know shell commands, I just don't use these ~/.anythingrc files, as I really rarely need them, and don't know how to use them, what are they syntaxes, etc.
I have a small linux based fileserver, with remote access and I would like to use screen, for seeing the same stuff, the same processes and running programs from anywhere. It works really good if I start it manually (screen first and screen -x from my other devices), but I wanted to start screen automatically, as I sometimes forget it, and you can be sure that I'd need it then...
Last edited by Lenry (2012-05-10 13:12:54)

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int main()
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SOLUTION at the last post.
Hello,
I was trying to create the systemd autologin.service, to log into TTY1 right after boot.
I have been following the instructions on the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Au … al_console
PROBLEM: after boot, the login happens a few times with an error, flashing, and then dissapears leaving with a basic underscore " _ ". I can still use TTY2.
If I go back to TT1, I see the following error multiple times, (maybe its a loop):
Last login: today, etc TTY1
Openbox-Message: Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable.
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$ systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
[email protected] loaded failed failed Getty on tty1
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[email protected] - Getty on tty1
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2013-02-08 01:02:10 CET; 8min ago
Docs: man:agetty(8)
man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
Process: 878 ExecStart=/sbin/agetty --noclear -a ubunchu %I 38400 linux (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
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Thanks in advance! Cheers!
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cups.path enabled
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accounts-daemon.service disabled
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[email protected] static
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[email protected] disabled
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[email protected] disabled
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For some reason I can't disable "autologin@tty1".
Yes, this is a vanilla arch (customised by myself).
This is what I have done:
cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
-Edited the file: /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
the line: ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear %I 38400 linux
to be like this: ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear -a ubunchu %I 38400
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl disable getty@tty1
sudo systemctl enable autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl start autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl enable multi-user.target
-now tried disabling:
sudo systemctl disable getty@tty1 (again)
sudo systemctl disable autologin@tty
sudo systemctl disable autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
-no output, looks like it does not disable it

For some reason my iMac now goes straight to the login screen. I tried to change this in Preferences but Automatic Login isn't highlighted, so I'm unable change it from Off to On. Help please.

As you can see Off at the top of the pic is faint and I cannot find a way of getting to it to change it to On. If can change it to 'On' I presume I won't get the login screen/page after turning on the Mac??

So this was set to Automatic login and then it changed, correct?
What other changes did you make to the system, filevault, workgroup manager, something else?
If the lock is unlocked as you say then something else must have have changed to prevent this setting from being changed. Any information you can supply might lead to a solution.
regards

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/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf
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# This file is part of systemd.
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
[Unit]
Description=Getty on %I
Documentation=man:agetty(8)
After=systemd-user-sessions.service plymouth-quit-wait.service
After=rc-local.service
# If additional gettys are spawned during boot then we should make
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# getty.target didn't actually pull it in.
Before=getty.target
IgnoreOnIsolate=yes
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ConditionPathExists=/dev/tty0
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Environment=TERM=linux
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ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear -a smith %I 38400
Type=idle
Restart=always
RestartSec=0
UtmpIdentifier=%I
TTYPath=/dev/%I
TTYReset=yes
TTYVHangup=yes
TTYVTDisallocate=yes
KillMode=process
IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
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# displaying some internationalized messages.
Environment=LANG= LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE= LC_NUMERIC= LC_TIME= LC_COLLATE= LC_MONETARY= LC_MESSAGES= LC_PAPER= LC_NAME= LC_ADDRESS= LC_TELEPHONE= LC_MEASUREMENT= LC_IDENTIFICATION=
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[Install]
Alias=getty.target.wants/[email protected]
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Last edited by Lockheed (2014-10-22 12:43:57)

Perhaps "grep autologin -R /etc /usr/lib" would point you to something.
-edit-
Maybe grep for "getty", as apparently "-a" is equivalent to "--autologin".
-edit-
Okay. Remove "-a" in the file you pasted.
-edit-
You could also remove the symlink and the file it points to and create there a symlink to the file coming with systemd, as your file differs somewhat from what I have.
ls -l /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected]
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jun 21 2012 /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected] -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
Last edited by lucke (2014-10-01 12:12:35)

Wifi: Automatic login?

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I understood that this should solve the following problem: You're using your iPhone in the proximity of an "open" Wifi network, and so your iPhone connects to it. Actually, though, the network isn't open. If you open Safari every attempt to view a page will be redirected to a login screen. So, until you do so, Mail and anything else that depends on an Internet connection will be stuck. The automatic login, I thought, would allow you to "script" the login for a provider.
Does anybody have anymore information?

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Here's one example:
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/internet/wifi.jsp
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/internet/accessing-wifi.jsp
"If you purchased an iPhone 3G S or updated your original iPhone or iPhone 3G with the latest Apple iPhone OS 3.0 software here's how to access AT&T Wi-Fi Services:
Activate Wi-Fi from the settings icon on your iPhone.
Once you are in an AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot, select "attwifi" from the list of available networks.
Every time you enter an AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot, you will be automatically and securely logged into the AT&T Wi-Fi network."

Can't enable automatic login

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Now it takes just 3 seconds to extract a 104-bit WEP key from intercepted data using a 1.7GHz Pentium M processor...
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=8456
WPA or better yet WPA2... if your Airport card & Router both support it...
http://compudent.blogspot.com/2006/09/wireless-wep-vs-wpa-vs-wpa2.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070924153500AArrQBP
http://www.home-wlan.com/WEP-vs-WPA.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21448?viewlocale=en_US
Finally...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21448?viewlocale=en_US

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Hi dutchgenius,
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that is,
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(blank/mouseclick field + blank/mouseclick confirmation field)
from the start,
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although I guess it is also possible to change her password to "blank/mouseclick" in the Accounts preferences
(not sure in that case there is not still a login window but no more password needed).
I wouldn't do that even for a standard account, though, oh well,
but,
if she has admin powers then no, definitely don't do it.
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How to disable automatic login and to see other accounts?

I bought MacBook Pro Retina with Mac OS X 10.8.2 in a shop, where there already was account "kiosk".
I created new account, gave him Administrator priviliges.
In the Preferences / Users & Groups I see kiosk account as "Managed", and my new account as "Admin".
I set:
System Preferences / Security & Privacy / General / Disable automatic login = Checked.
System Preferences / Users & Groups / Login Options / Automatic login = Off.
But still I have two issues:
1) After start the laptop automatically logins into kiosk account, while I explicitly switched off this option
2) Apart from kiosk account, the OS doesn't see any other accounts, for example my new account.
For example, when I changed login shell for kiosk account into /usr/bin/false, I couldn't login at all. The OS said something like, there are no active accounts. So I had to set login shell back to /bin/bash using single-user mode.
The questions are:
How to disable automatic login into kiosk account?
How to see a choice between kiosk account and my new account in the login dialog?
How to delete kiosk account? Currently the delete option is disabled for kiosk in System Preferences / Users & Groups.
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Anton Mironenko wrote:
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Macbook won't let me disable automatic login.

I have always had my macbook set to automatically login. Recently, though, I moved and have new roommates. I would like my macbook to require a password before logging in when it is started. I have tried disabling automatic login two different ways:
*System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options > Automatic login: Off*
and
*System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General > Disable automatic login*
In both cases I click the little lock in the lower left-hand corner and type in my password before changing the setting. After changing the setting, I click the little lock again so it returns to the locked position. However, every time I shut down or restart, my computer automatically logs in and when I look at the system preferences, they are once again set to *Automatic login: [my account name]* and *Disable automatic login* is unchecked.
What can I do to get the settings to remain changed? I am not super tech-savvy, so any suggestions will be appreciated.

What model year it the Mac you have? If it is a Late 2011 or newer model then you can first reinstall the Original version of OS X that came on it by using the Online Internet Recovery system. Hold down the Command+Option/Alt+r key at startup and hold them down until you see a Spinning Globe in the center of the screen. From the screen that comes up use Disk Utility to Repartition the drive as one partition aand when that is done close DU and Select Reinstall Mac OS X.
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I've been using Fedora for quite some time now and recently planned to move to Arch. Somehow, I'm not able to install the latest ISO available for download - 2013.01.04. It freezes after the below prompts:
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[ OK ] Started Login Service.
[ OK ] Reached Target Sound Card.
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unetbootin won't work as the iso has a special hybrid partitioning scheme. If you boot the key as per the recommended method I gave in the paragraph above, then it should give you a graphical screen with the options for installing 32 or 64 bit and a few other options.
On all machines where I have had problems booting various usbkeys this is the one way I have never had a problem - however for machines with optimus graphics I believe that under linux you are best off switching off the nvidia part... those who I know who have optimus have not been able to get it working with dual graphics under linux though I suppose there may be a few users who have managed to get it working?
Hope this helps.
Last edited by mcloaked (2013-01-19 11:19:42)

[SOLVED] Automatically login to screen

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