Starting on bootup
Bob McClure Jr
robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Fri Sep 2 21:38:54 UTC 2005
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.
> To run programs at boot, stick the commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com -
Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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