On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 16:11 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 12:57 +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi > > > > Right now after our linux system is booted, the customer has to login > > and then run > > a program (standard linux procedure). > > > > They were asking me whether there was some way to automatically during > > boot have the system > > login and run a program? I know bash_profile will take care of part > > of that, but the customer > > would still have to log in. Any ideas? Probably with grub.conf? > > Tony > > Simple: > > As root: > Change initdefault (int /etc/inittab) to 3. (No X). > Then edit rc.local and add "su -c 'xinit'" > > Now, as user X, create a new file /home/X/.xinitrc and add something > like that. > > # You need a simple Window manager. MWM in this case. > mwm & > # Client application. > client_software & > # Add a screen saver just in-case. > xscreensaver & > > - Gilboa ... Replace 'su -c' with 'su user_x -c 'xinit'' - Gilboa
