Re: Automatically log in

2003-03-09 Thread sean finney
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 03:46:56PM -0800, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > Hi, > I'm setting up a debian box to use as an mp3 player for a car.. What > I need it to do is automatically login when you power it up. I found > some resources on how to accomplish that by patching mingetty but I > was wonder

Re: Automatically log in

2003-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Leo Spalteholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.10.0046 +0100]: > I'm setting up a debian box to use as an mp3 player for a car.. What > I need it to do is automatically login when you power it up. I found > some resources on how to accomplish that by patching mingetty but I > was wond

Re: Automatically log in

2003-03-09 Thread Blake Covarrubias
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/chung.html On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 16:46, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > Hi, > I'm setting up a debian box to use as an mp3 player for a car.. What > I need it to do is automatically login when you power it up. I found > some resources on how to accomplish that by pa

Automatically log in

2003-03-09 Thread Leo Spalteholz
Hi, I'm setting up a debian box to use as an mp3 player for a car.. What I need it to do is automatically login when you power it up. I found some resources on how to accomplish that by patching mingetty but I was wondering if theres an easier way. Any suggestions? Thx, Leo -- To UNSUBSCR

RE: root tries to automatically log in

2000-05-11 Thread Andrew McRobert
do you have any other system users created in /etc/passwd? Andrew -Original Message- From: Mark Crotts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:29 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: root tries to automatically log in I reinstalled my 2.1 debian base last week

root tries to automatically log in

2000-05-10 Thread Mark Crotts
I reinstalled my 2.1 debian base last week. When it got to the point where the box reboots then asks me to set a root password, it rejected every password I tried. I tried various combinations of numbers and letters but everything was rejected. So I rebooted, and then my box logged in root automa