[K12OSN] auto-login with K12LTSP 6

[Peter Scheie]

If you want all your clients to auto-login, create the 
/usr/local/bin/autologin script so that all workstations get assigned an 
autologin ID, like so:

#!/bin/bash
     CLIENT=$(echo $DISPLAY | cut -d. -f1)
     case "$CLIENT" in
          "ws001")    disp=auto1;;
          "ws002")    disp=auto2;;
	# repeat this for all ws numbers listed in /etc/hosts
          "ws253")    disp=auto253;;
     esac
     echo $disp

Then, create logins IDs auto1 through auto253.  That way, no matter what 
address a client machine gets, autologin will work, and you don't have 
to specify MAC addresses in dhcpd.conf.  You do not have to create 
passwords for the login IDs, but if you don't, be sure to turn off the 
password requirement in the screensaver or users won't be able to get 
back in once the screensaver kicks in.  See 
http://k12ltsp.org/mediawiki/index.php/Turning_off_the_password_lock_in_the_Gnome_screensaver
for more info.

Peter

Hung Phan wrote:
> Hello, folks
> 
> We try to setup auto-login for oaks testing user on K12LTSP. Under 
> System --> Administration --> Login Screen --> Security, we enable 
> automatic login & timed login but no user shows to be selected. How can 
> we setup K12LTSP thin-clients to auto-login with the same user account?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> PS: found this 
> http://www.k12ltsp.org/mediawiki/index.php/A_more_complete_How-To_for_setting_up_autologin_of_clients_using_Gnome_&_GDM#Steps_for_K12LTSP_6_only. 
> With mostly reusable equipments for this lab, replacing systems will 
> happen frequent. How do we do auto-login without system MAC address and 
> specific IP assign?
> 
> Thank you for your advice,
> 
> 
> 
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