gdm automatic login

[Chris Radlinski]

That did it.  Thanks.

Chris


Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 23:40, Chris Radlinski wrote:
>  
>
>>I'm running Gnome 2.4 on 5.2.1-RELEASE.  I've configured gdm to run at 
>>boot time and would like it to automatically log me in.  However, it 
>>always prompts me for a password.  Scanning the archives, I saw that 
>>others suggested copying /etc/pam.d/gdm to /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin.  I 
>>did this but it didn't fix anything.  Here's my gdm/gdm-autologin:
>>
>>#
>># $FreeBSD: src/etc/pam.d/gdm,v 1.7 2003/04/30 21:57:54 markm Exp $
>>#
>># PAM configuration for the "gdm" service
>>#
>> 
>># auth
>>auth            required        pam_nologin.so          no_warn
>>#auth           sufficient      pam_krb5.so             no_warn 
>>try_first_pass
>>#auth           sufficient      pam_ssh.so              no_warn 
>>try_first_pass
>>auth            required        pam_unix.so             no_warn 
>>try_first_pass
>>auth            required        pam_permit.so
>> 
>># account
>>#account        required        pam_krb5.so
>>account         required        pam_unix.so
>> 
>># session
>>#session        optional        pam_ssh.so
>>session         required        pam_permit.so
>>
>>What am I missing?
>>    
>>
>
>Remove the auth pam_unix.so entry.  The gdm-autologin PAM definition
>should be:
>
>auth       required     pam_nologin.so
>auth       required     pam_permit.so
>account    required     pam_unix.so
>session    required     pam_permit.so
>
>As discussed in the freebsd-gnome archives.
>
>  
>
>>Also, if I select "Reboot" or "Shut down" from the logout menu as root, 
>>the machine just hangs.  Any suggestions?
>>    
>>
>
>Don't do that.  If you want to try and track down what's happening,
>configure you machine for a serial console, and make sure you're set to
>drop into the debugger should the system panic.  Then, when it hangs,
>you should hopefully get something on the serial console.  Consult the
>handbook for more info.
>
>Joe
>
>  
>
>>Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>>Chris Radlinski
>>
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