Starting on bootup

[mylar]

On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 19:01, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 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.

I didn't think of that either. yes, if he has Grub or BIOS level
passwords set he'll need to turn them off for the machine to boot
automatically w/o username/password.

mylar