bypass login in && automatically run a specified script

Hi,

I have an embedded system (power pc)
that's running linux v 2.4.18 (I'm sorry,
I do not know the exact distribution type).
There are no graphics support; so it
is not running X windows.

/etc/inittab show that it's running at
runlevel 3 (mult-user).

I specifiy a script to run
during bootup (specified it
in the "rc.local" file).

How do I autologin (that is,
bypass the login/password
prompts)? I know how to
do it on redhat KDE, but not
on this linux.

I tried changing it runlevel 1, but
then it bypasses that script that I
wanted to run automatically
during the bootup process.

Can someone shed some light
on how to bypass the login
prompt as well as run whatever
script that I want automatically?

Excuse my minimal knowledge of linux.
Thanks in advance for you help.

In comp.os.linux.setup JW <jkpangtang@yahoo.com> wrote:
> How do I autologin (that is,

There is autologin for that.
Davide

ebenONE@tampabay.ARE-ARE.com.unmunge (Hactar) writes:

> In article <3607e8e4.0312071137.1ff7f160@posting.google.com >,
> JW <jkpangtang@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How do I autologin (that is,
> > bypass the login/password
> > prompts)?
>
> > Can someone shed some light
> > on how to bypass the login
> > prompt as well as run whatever
> > script that I want automatically?
>
> Well, init runs some gettys (on my system), as specified in /etc/inittab. I
> guess you could run a script that does something like
>
> chown username.usergroup /dev/ttyx
> su - username < /dev/ttyx > /dev/ttyx
>
> and not run the gettys.

Oh come on, you can surely find something more complicated!


Otherwise, man inittab
and replace one of the getty lines:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
by:
1:2345:respawn:/usr/local/bin/my_script


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jkpangtang@yahoo.com (JW) wrote in message news:<3607e8e4.0312071137.1ff7f160@posting.google. com>...
> Hi,

Hi.

> How do I autologin (that is,
> bypass the login/password
> prompts)? I know how to
> do it on redhat KDE, but not
> on this linux.

Here is a good article on setting up autologins or running apps on a
specific terminal
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue69/henderson.html

> I tried changing it runlevel 1, but
> then it bypasses that script that I
> wanted to run automatically
> during the bootup process.

Because this tells the kernel not to run /sbin/init but run /bin/bash
instead, so rc.x scripts are not processed (nor is /etc/inittab)

> Can someone shed some light
> on how to bypass the login
> prompt as well as run whatever
> script that I want automatically?

See the above link or for more examples on starting other applications
or listing logs on virtual terminals instead of getty:

http://www.luv.asn.au/overheads/virtualconsoles.html


> Excuse my minimal knowledge of linux.

We all have to start somewhere

> Thanks in advance for you help.

Of course you are welcome!

ebenONE@tampabay.ARE-ARE.com.unmunge (Hactar) writes:

> In article <87n0a4575i.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com>,
> Pascal Bourguignon <spam@thalassa.informatimago.com> wrote:
> > ebenONE@tampabay.ARE-ARE.com.unmunge (Hactar) writes:
> >
> > > In article <3607e8e4.0312071137.1ff7f160@posting.google.com >,
> > > JW <jkpangtang@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > How do I autologin (that is,
> > > > bypass the login/password
> > > > prompts)?
> > >
> > > > Can someone shed some light
> > > > on how to bypass the login
> > > > prompt as well as run whatever
> > > > script that I want automatically?
>
> What will chown the tty? And besides, he wants to get a shell too, I think.

Where chowning the tty was asked? I see no wants for a shell neither.


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wayne wrote:
>
> jkpangtang@yahoo.com (JW) wrote in message news:<3607e8e4.0312071137.1ff7f160@posting.google. com>...
> >
> > I tried changing it runlevel 1, but
> > then it bypasses that script that I
> > wanted to run automatically
> > during the bootup process.
>
> Because this tells the kernel not to run /sbin/init but run /bin/bash
> instead, so rc.x scripts are not processed (nor is /etc/inittab)

Uhh.../sbin/init is still run in runlevel 1. Different things are
started (or not started) in that runlevel, but init most certainly
runs. Check /etc/rc1.d (or /etc/init.d/rc1.d, depending on distro) and
/etc/inittab to see what exactly is run in level 1. If you want to
bypass that, too, you need to boot with the "init=/bin/sh" parameter (or
similar) to your bootloader.