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From: rob@ptsfb.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Automatically logging in root
Message-ID: <258@ptsfb.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 10:28:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 10:28:38 1985
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In article <3088@brl-tgr.ARPA> jmturn%cca-unix.arpa@CCA-UNIX.ARPA writes:
>Because a number of things I do on my system require root privilages,
>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
>the only non-dialup terminal) is in my room, I don't feel that this is a
>big security problem. Any suggestions how I can do this?

If you are using System III or V, you can add an entry to /etc/inittab
that spawns /bin/sh on the console in the appropriate init state.