auto login

auto login

[a a]

Hello
Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the 
computer?



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Re: auto login

[Elias Athanasopoulos]

On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 04:19:10PM +0000, a a wrote:
> Hello
> Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the 
> computer?

Maybe, but I hope there isn't. This is totally insecure.

Elias

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Re: auto login

[1stFlight]

Yes, KDE 3.0 offers that, but like Elias said, totally insecure... anyone can 
jump on and be you, only useful for home machines. 

                                                                                                                                        Darryl


On Sunday 15 September 2002 01:05 pm, Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 04:19:10PM +0000, a a wrote:
> > Hello
> > Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the
> > computer?
>
> Maybe, but I hope there isn't. This is totally insecure.
>
> Elias

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Re: auto login

[ichi]

a a wrote:
> 
> Is there a way i can automatically login as 
> root when i boot up the computer?

If you look in /etc/inittab, you will probably find
(down near the bottom) a group of lines that look 
something like this:
---------------------------------------------
c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
c3:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
---------------------------------------------

It is the getty that prompts for the login name.
To avoid the login prompt, you can edit the line 
to go directly to bash:
--------------------------------
c1:1235:respawn:/bin/bash -login
--------------------------------

I use this technique for a NFS server (no keyboard, no VDU) 
that only gets turned on occasionally.  It runs in a ramdisk 
(using a BasicLinux foundation) and automatically mounts and
serves the target drive (read-only).  Turn it on when you 
need it, turn it off when you're done, no worries.

Cheers,
Steven

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Re: auto login

[a a]

ahh its not becuase im "too lazy", the reason i asked this was because
i am running a pc/104 and attached to this is a gps receiver..i am using the 
pc as a data logger for the receiver. it needs to be portable so i am 
removing the keyboard, hence the question...

thanks for the replies!



>From: Gavin Laking <me@gavinlaking.co.uk>
>To: "a a" <xlsd@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: auto login
>Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 17:30:51 +0100
>
>At 16:19 15/09/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hello
>>Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the 
>>computer?
>
>If there was, would you really want to do that? I mean, stop. Think very 
>carefully about what can happen if you are root and something goes wrong. 
>Is it really worth compromising your entire system just because you are too 
>lazy (and I think that is all that it comes down to in the end, pardon me) 
>to type a password in every time you want to perform an operation that 
>requires root privileges.
>
>There are ways to log you in as a user by default in your session-managed 
>window manager but they depend heavily on what system you are using. Since 
>you haven't provided those details, it makes it next to impossible to 
>advise you.
>
>I hope you don't find my response too harsh, but I'm attempting to stir you 
>into rational thinking. :-)
>
>GL
>
>--
>Gavin Laking ~ Web Development Daemon
>
>http://www.gavinlaking.co.uk
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Re: auto login

[a a]

ahh its not becuase im "too lazy", the reason i asked this was because
i am running a pc/104 and attached to this is a gps receiver..i am using the 
pc as a data logger for the receiver. it needs to be portable so i am 
removing the keyboard, hence the question...

thanks for the replies!



>From: Gavin Laking <me@gavinlaking.co.uk>
>To: "a a" <xlsd@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: auto login
>Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 17:30:51 +0100
>
>At 16:19 15/09/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hello
>>Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the 
>>computer?
>
>If there was, would you really want to do that? I mean, stop. Think very 
>carefully about what can happen if you are root and something goes wrong. 
>Is it really worth compromising your entire system just because you are too 
>lazy (and I think that is all that it comes down to in the end, pardon me) 
>to type a password in every time you want to perform an operation that 
>requires root privileges.
>
>There are ways to log you in as a user by default in your session-managed 
>window manager but they depend heavily on what system you are using. Since 
>you haven't provided those details, it makes it next to impossible to 
>advise you.
>
>I hope you don't find my response too harsh, but I'm attempting to stir you 
>into rational thinking. :-)
>
>GL
>
>--
>Gavin Laking ~ Web Development Daemon
>
>http://www.gavinlaking.co.uk
>--




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Re: auto login

[LL Phillips]

If you buy LINDOWS root is the default user.
Lorraine

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1803&page=3



Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 04:19:10PM +0000, a a wrote:
> > Hello
> > Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the
> > computer?
> 
> Maybe, but I hope there isn't. This is totally insecure.
> 
> Elias
> 
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Re: auto login

[pa3gcu]

On Wednesday 25 September 2002 18:48, LL Phillips wrote:
> If you buy LINDOWS root is the default user.
> Lorraine

The principles of linux are being explioted by Lindows, (by that i mean) get 
everyone to operate as root, before you know it linux will be just as 
vunarable as Windows, then windows gets it market share back again because we 
will see more and more users reading mail as root, then in turn we we have 
more and more mail viruses that can and will be spread via root/linux systems.

What Elias wants is a protentioal security hole in his system by asking for a 
"root autologin".
There maybe such things, but i cannot see the point of them, linux is all 
about security, where are the old days gone when even the word root was out 
of order in a conversation.

Just my 2c's worth.

>
> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1803&page=3
>
> Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 04:19:10PM +0000, a a wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the
> > > computer?
> >
> > Maybe, but I hope there isn't. This is totally insecure.
> >
> > Elias

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Re: auto login

[Elias Athanasopoulos]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 07:23:29PM +0000, pa3gcu wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 September 2002 18:48, LL Phillips wrote:
> > If you buy LINDOWS root is the default user.
> > Lorraine
> 
> What Elias wants is a protentioal security hole in his system by asking for a 
> "root autologin".

Just for the record, it wasn't me who asked for such a thing.

> > Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 04:19:10PM +0000, a a wrote:
> > > > Hello
> > > > Is there a way i can automatically login as root when i boot up the
> > > > computer?
> > >
> > > Maybe, but I hope there isn't. This is totally insecure.
> > >
> > > Elias


Ciao,
 Elias
 
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