Autologin 0.99.0
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(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
Written by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.com>


What is it?
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Autologin is a tool that lets you bypass the login screens on a unix system.
It needs to be installed and configured by root (it is definitely not a
cracking tool ;) ).
Possible uses include providing a simple end-user system as well as creating
a one-purpose (e.g. web browsing) station that returns to where it's supposed
to be after a reboot or power outage without any intervention.

autologin affects only local users - it doesn't open up any leaks for crackers
from the outside world.


How is it configured?
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Create the file /etc/sysconfig/autologin, containing the following settings:

USER=[username]
	Start the session as the user specified here.
	This setting is mandatory. If omitted, autologin will not run.
	If autologin was compiled with --enable-paranoid, autologin will
	not run if the user specified has UID or GID 0.
EXEC=[script or program]
	The script or program listed here will be executed as the user
	specified above.
	If this setting is omitted, /usr/X11R6/bin/startx will be used.
AUTOLOGIN={yes,no}
	If this setting is omitted, "no" is assumed.

/etc/sysconfig/autologin must not be writable by anyone but root. If it is,
it is detected as a possible cracking attempt and autologin will not run.


Do I need to do anything else?
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Yes - you need to have runlevel 5 start autologin. Starting from the
initscripts 5.15 package, Red Hat Linux does this for you.
If you are running a prior version or a different OS, simply replace
the call to kdm, gdm or xdm with a call to autologin, or better yet, to
a script that calls autologin and falls back to [kgx]dm if autologin fails.


Is it safe?
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I think so. Read the source to make sure.


Patches etc
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Send patches, comments, suggestions, big CPUs, money etc to bero@redhat.com,
SPAM to /dev/null.