linux autologin without username&password

1. Under runlevel 3

Edit the /etc/inittab the section about getttys, from

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1

to

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin root tty1

 

 

Then reboot the linux server, we will get the following:

2. About runlevel 5

To know which is the startx script:

[root@localhost gdm]# tail -1 /etc/inittab x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

 

check the /etc/X11/prefdm script:

[root@localhost gdm]# more /etc/X11/prefdm <...truncated...> # Run preferred X display manager preferred= if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then         . /etc/sysconfig/desktop         if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then                 preferred=gdm         elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then                 preferred=kdm         elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then                 preferred=xdm         fi fi <...truncated...>

 

check what's my currently settings of the Display Manager:

[root@localhost gdm]# cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop DESKTOP="GNOME"

 

Then we may change the GDM's config file: /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf

From:

# Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key. AutomaticLoginEnable=false AutomaticLogin=

To:

 

# Automatic login, if true the first local screen will automatically logged # in as user as set with AutomaticLogin key. AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=root

That's all for it.