autologin on default shell /bin/sh

[Matthew Seaman]

On 25/09/2011 16:16, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> I have a 9.0 BETA 2 amd64 machine and I am using /bin/sh shell or
> default shell when one installs FreeBSD.  I want to be able to setup
> autologin and automatic startx as well like I have on the other
> machines
> 
> I tried to edit ~/.cshrc and copied W Block's example, but it did not work
> 
> https://freebsd-forums.liquidneon.com/showthread.php?t=22304
> 
> How can I get it without using bash?  Do I need to create a
> ~/.csh_login file and add the code to startx?
> I have tried to add to ~/.cshrc the code:
> 
> if [ `/usr/bin/tty` = '/dev/ttyv0' ]; then
>     /usr/local/bin/startx
> fi
> 
> and it does not work.

If the shell on your auto-login account is /bin/sh, then you should  put
your X startup in .profile -- syntax is identical to the bash example
you showed.

If the shell on your auto-login account is /bin/csh or /bin/tcsh (which
are really exactly the same thing on FreeBSD), then you should put your
X startup in .login In this case the syntax is different, but you can
copy wblock's example from the forum thread you referenced.

Either of those shells should work.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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