[plug] auto-login

[Sacha Schlegel]

Hi Bernard

> How can I drop the privileges from a script to do something like
> this? I figure I also need to get the environment setup right. Or am
> I barking right up the wrong tree? I hath googled and come up bare
> handed.

In case you do not want to change the file by hand you can use gdmconfig as root and there is a tab window "Automatic Login".

gdmconfig comes with the gdm debian package.

In KDE I guess there is something similar.

Sacha

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