Starting on bootup

[Rick Stevens]

Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 02:26:06PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>>jim ruxton wrote:
>>
>>>I'm using Fedora 3 and was wondering how I can have a computer boot up
>>>on powerup without asking for username and password. Also where can I
>>>put commands to start a program automatically once the computer boots
>>>up. Thanks.
>>
>>Uh, that doesn't make a lot of sense.  The machine will boot without a
>>username unless an fsck fails and requires manual intervention.  The
>>only time a machine needs a username and password is to start up an
>>interactive session.
> 
> 
> Umm, what if he put a password in the GRUB configuration (because it
> seemed like a good idea at the time)?  I've never done that, so I
> don't know how you undo it.

Ah, I hadn't thought of that.  If that's the case, there's no way around
it as grub has control of the machine at that point.  Linux can't affect
it at all.

If you want the machine to boot unattended, you must turn off passwords
in both the BIOS and in the grub.conf.
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