Re: EMC / Linux

Booting directly into EMC is both feasable and not very hard...you just need a bit of understanding of sysV init stuff to do
it...on RedHat, the scripts are in /etc/rc.d.....I don't have time to flesh it out now (gotta run!)...but if you have any
specific questions, I'll try to answer them...also look in /etc/inittab for init level configs...remember....BACK UP before
editing files.....
-Zorr

Darrell wrote:

> From: "Darrell" <dgehlsen@...>
>
> 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
> >
> >
>
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