linux and users

[Shaun Everiss]

What does all that mean?
Please remember I don't know anything about linux.
It looks like a lot of c code, but I havn't done that.
At 06:12 a.m. 25/02/2005, you wrote:
>Shaun Everiss, le ven 25 fév 2005 05:56:41 +1300, a dit :
>> I know In linux you need a root account.
>> However is it posibal not to have a second account as I don't want to actually log in.
>
>You should really have a second account: root account has every right,
>including thrashing the whole system, while regular accounts don't have
>it, they just have the right to work in their own place, which is just
>fine.
>
>> Note! this aint a secure system, so the account don't need a password or anything like that.
>
>You may leave the password empty.
>
>> If I can't is there a autologon or something?
>
>There is no standard I'm aware of for text mode, but you may build your
>own: in /etc/inittab, there are lines like:
>1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
>
>You may replace this by
>1:2345:respawn:/bin/su -c sh - yourlogin < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2>&1
>
>Regards,
>Samuel
>
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