linux and users

[Janina Sajka]

Samuel Thibault writes:
> Shaun Everiss, le ven 25 fév 2005 05:56:41 +1300, a dit :
> > ... is there a autologon or something?
> 
> There is no standard I'm aware of for text mode, but you may build your
> own: in /etc/inittab, there are lines like:
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> 
> You may replace this by
> 1:2345:respawn:/bin/su -c sh - yourlogin < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2>&1
> 

Very, very cool, Samuel. Thank you. I have been looking for something
like this to use on my portable machine for a long time. Thank you,
thank you, thank you! <grin>

Now, one little refinement:

I suggest taking out the '-c sh' as it's superfluous and only launches a
subshell and does not execute default configuration scripts.

So, I think a better invocation is:

1:2345:respawn:/bin/su - yourlogin < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2>&1


Sweet. Very sweet.

				Janina