Starting on bootup

[Bob McClure Jr]

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.
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> - 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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