There is a configuration file /etc/gdm/custom.conf, in which you can use it to override the preset gdm settings which is relocated to /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf. You simply add the follow lines in /etc/gdm/custom.conf with superuser priviledge, and you can use the automatic login feature. You do not need to use other tool to make it happen. [daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin="your username goes here" #make sure there is no """ mark > On my FC5 VMWare box, I'm trying to set it up to autologin on a user > account called "cgi". > > This user exists, I can manually log in. > > But when I go to the "Login Screen" administation tool, on the > "Security" tab, when I check-mark "Enable Auto-Login" and go to > select the user, there is no user in the pull-down text field - it is > all blank. I can type in the word "cgi" in here, but this is lost > next > time I go into Login Screen, and I also tried rebooting, and it does > not auto-login. > > Which system config files are used to enable auto-login? Maybe I can > manually set this up, and not use gdmsetup. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
