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From: cspencer@bbncc5.UUCP (Clifford Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Automatically logging in root
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Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 08:40:10 EST
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> but since I don't feel happy doing normal things in root, I'd like to
> have my system console automatically be logged in as root after the
> system is through with rc. Since the console (as well as the system and
...
4.2 solution:
/etc/gettytab has a field "lo" that specifies the login program to use. 
You could just say  "lo=/bin/<SHELL_OF_YOUR_CHOICE>" in the gettytab entry 
for console.

sysV:
I don't have a sysV manual in front a me, but you could  put a line in 
/etc/inittab that starts an interactive  shell and redirects input and 
output from the console. 
							-cliff

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