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GDM/Gnome Auto Login

by on Apr.25, 2011, under Linux

In order to setup your Linux box to automatically login using a particular user, you will need to follow the steps below.

Edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf using terminal and add the following to the [daemon]:

[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=username

NOTE: Change “username” to the username you want to use to auto login to the linux box.

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