Re: Timed login for different users

[SteveG <steveg nevets com au>]

Rafael - this works beautifully - I had spent ages trying to figure it out
Really (really) appreciated
I will also post to the LTSP site under your name - thanks again

Rafael Avila de Espíndola wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:19:16 +1000
> SteveG <steveg nevets com au> wrote:
>
>
> > Is it possible to configure gdm to allow different timed login usernames 
> >  depending on current hostname. I am using LTSP and would like to login 
> > the clients automatically.
> >
> > If this is not currently possible, where (ie which file) within the 
> > source of gdm is the username collected for autologin ?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Yes, you can tel gdm to run a program to obtain the username.  If you want that the username be the same as the host name, you may do:
>
> /etc/gdm/gdm.conf:
>
>
> AutomaticLoginEnable=true
> AutomaticLogin=/usr/local/sbin/autologin.sh|
> TimedLoginEnable=true
> TimedLogin=/usr/local/sbin/autologin.sh|
> TimedLoginDelay=30
>
>
> /usr/local/sbin/autologin.sh:
>
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> HOSTNAME=`echo ${DISPLAY} | cut -f1 -d: | awk -F . {' print $1 '}`
>
> if [ "x$HOSTNAME" != "xlocalhost" ] ; then
>   echo $HOSTNAME
> fi