Automated boot

[Rick Stevens]

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 15:20 -0500, Juan wrote:
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> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:01 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Automated boot
> 
> On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 14:30 -0500, Juan wrote:
> > I installed a SIP server on a FC4 box.
> > The computer starts automatically in the case of an power outage but
> > FC4 doesn't finish loading till I enter my user name and PW.
> > Is there a way to make FC4 not to ask for UN and PW and finish 
> > loading?
> 
> Unless you have a password set in grub, FC4 will load and run.
> 
> If you're referring to the GUI login screen, that's a USER login and TOTALLY
> different than saying FC4 hasn't loaded.  You have to be clear on these
> things.
> 
> If you want to have a user automatically log in, go to:
> 
> 	Red Hat Logo->Desktop->System Settings->Login Screen
> 
> Put a checkmark in the "Automatic Login" section and put in the username you
> want automatically logged in.
> 
> Unless you have tight control over the machine, I recommend this NOT be
> done--and NEVER, EVER have the root user automatically logged in.
> That's just asking for trouble!
> 
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> Thank you Rick.
> I don't have any password set in grub.
> I didn't realize I don't need to have a user logged in to have the OS
> working.

That's OK.  In fact, the fact the system is asking you to log in is a
pretty good indication that the operating system is running, isn't it?
:-)  heheheheh!

> BTW the user I setup for automatic login is not a privileged one.

Good.  Again, that's not necessary to have a fully operational system.
For example, things like FTP or web servers almost never have anyone
logged into them.

> I just remembered that "we prefer bottom posting in this list"

Cool!

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