Auto login in Ubuntu

Posted On Nov 8, 2006 at by Prakash G.R.  

I know that I'm the only user in my system and no one else will have access to it. I don't see a point to have a login screen. With Windows, I know we can set to auto login using a userid. I was searching for similar thing in Ubuntu. Found one :-)

Go to terminal and type "sudo gdmsetup". You will get login window preferences. Select Security tab; check "Enable automatic Login" and select the user. You are done! Simple ha? But why there is no shortcut in the Preferences/Administration/Applications menu?

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18 comments:

  1. Anonymous Says: 2:07 AM  

    Ha! So easy, thanks a bunch :)

  2. Anonymous Says: 10:22 AM  

    system>admin>login window

  3. Anonymous Says: 10:27 PM  

    duh

  4. Anonymous Says: 12:13 PM  

    Thanks for the tip!

  5. Anonymous Says: 9:32 AM  

    I was really looking for this! Thank you!

  6. Anonymous Says: 7:27 PM  

    There is. Check System -> Administrator -> Login screen.

  7. Anonymous Says: 9:29 PM  

    thanks

  8. Anonymous Says: 7:51 AM  

    Thanks heaps! Was wanting this for the kids' computer so I can shut it down of a night and hide the keyboard. They only use TuxPaint so don't need a keyboard anyway!

  9. Anonymous Says: 11:25 PM  

    sweeeet!

  10. Anonymous Says: 11:39 AM  

    Thank you so much for the autologin tip. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

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  12. Anonymous Says: 10:46 AM  

    Sweet feature!

    But when I enabled automatic login but there was no user to select, I manually typed my user name (no typo's) though i think it doesn't work since i have a password :S can be something else but anyway...
    Can anyone help me out on this?

    Tnx in advance, Schop.

  13. Anonymous Says: 7:06 PM  

    thanks you its realy help me :)

  14. Anonymous Says: 2:49 AM  

    What about a command line to do so... I need to configure about 40 PCs

  15. Anonymous Says: 9:59 PM  

    well doen

  16. Anonymous Says: 8:01 AM  

    there is an option in the administrations menu!

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