Re: EMC / Linux

If this can be set up, then it would be something that could be put on a
machine and someone could run the machine without having to learn linux.
All they would have to learn is how to read a file from a floppy to the hard
drive.
Darrell

----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
>
> Well, I have not actually done this, but I have been told that you can
make the
> startup script log in as any particular user, start X and various
applications.
>
> Now, as for setting to a particular user, you would use the su -l
<username>
> command. I don't know if you can also put the password on that line, but
> you could always make the user of choice have a null password, and then
> su won't ask for one. Startx is simple. Finally, you then need X to
> start emc for you. There is a menu entry in X that says save desktop
> configuration in new xinit.rc. I think if you start emc, and then do
this,
> it will start emc everytime X starts up.
>
> So, the only thing I don't know how to do, is I don't know what script it
is
> that starts the login process, which gives you that Linux Login : message.
> But, there is a script somewhere that fires this up on the console, when
all
> other starup tasks are complete. You just change that to an su command,
> and it should leave the console open. The -l modifier makes it run the
> login script for the user specified, and that script should start X. When
X
> comes up, it should start the desired tasks and open the desired windows,
> etc.
>
> I may try some of this, myself.
>
> Jon
>
>