CentOS - Apr 2009 - gdm login as root automatically

Hi all,

I was wondering if someone knows how to "automatically" login as root 
with gdm and gnome.

I have been doing some searching, and havent been able to find a method. 
I dont want to login
automatically all the time - its just part of install setup.
1) kickstart install
2) post section do somethings
3) setup so on reboot auto login as root
4) complete installing some things and REMOVE the auto root login.

This is what I am looking at trying to do. I have it all working except 
the auto root login.

I have looked at gdmsetup on centos 5.3 x86_64 and dont see a setup for it.
I have setup gdm to auto login as a regular user but that doesnt work 
for me.

How does one setup gdm to login as root automatically?

Thanks,

Jerry

> 4) complete installing some things and REMOVE the auto root login.
yum info firstboot

does this package help you acheive your goals?


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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if someone knows how to "automatically" login as
root
> with gdm and gnome.
>
> I have been doing some searching, and havent been able to find a method.
> I dont want to login
> automatically all the time - its just part of install setup.
> 1) kickstart install
> 2) post section do somethings
> 3) setup so on reboot auto login as root
> 4) complete installing some things and REMOVE the auto root login.
If you're doing it via kickstart (which is what I have), you can try
something like this in the kickstart post sections:
%post
useradd -p '$1$aqFmf2PA$VVacErRFawntEp9asdasasdasd' kwan
sed -i -e "s/^\(AutomaticLoginEnable=\).*$/\1true/"
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
sed -i -e "s/^\(AutomaticLogin=\).*$/\1kwan/" /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf

All that does is add the AutomaticLogin to gdm.. Not sure if it works
for root thogh.



> This is what I am looking at trying to do. I have it all working except
> the auto root login.
>
> I have looked at gdmsetup on centos 5.3 x86_64 and dont see a setup for it.
> I have setup gdm to auto login as a regular user but that doesnt work
> for me.
>
> How does one setup gdm to login as root automatically?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry
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