Automatic Gnome Login Fedora

by dcr226 — last modified Jul 30, 2010 08:27 AM
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On occasion, users will require automatic login into their gnome desktop. Although this is not advised for security reasons, its none the less desirable.

Applicable to Fedora Versions

  • Fedora 12
  • Fedora 13

Requirements


  1. Gnome Desktop
  2. Text Editor (such as vi/vim/nano)

Doing the Work

 

  1. In your favorite text editor, open /etc/gdm/custom.conf.
    su -c "vi /etc/gdm/custom.conf"
    and enter your root password when prompted
  2. Navigate to the [daemon] section, and add the following (replacing the username for the user you would like to be automatically logged in.
    3. [daemon]
    AutomaticLoginEnable=true
    AutomaticLogin=USERNAME
    And save the file.
  3. Reboot. You should now be logged in automatically.

Troubleshooting

How to test


  1. Reboot your machine, you should be automatically logged in.


More Information

Disclaimer

We test this stuff on our own machines, really we do. But you may run into problems, if you do, come to #fedora on irc.freenode.net

 
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