General :: Get Mint To Log In Password Automatically?
Aug 20, 2010
I have installed linux Mint as a first time user on an oldish laptop. How can I prevent it defaulting back to the user password screen when I am not using it for a few minutes? I'd be grateful for some pointers. Better still, can I get it t passwordautomatically?..i.e. remember password. I thought I had completed this step but it goes back to the user login which is quite annoying as I have to keep entering the password.
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Sep 13, 2009
Ubuntu 8.4 Just installed Truecrypt yesterday. Would like to be able to start Truecrypt automatically and use the same password as my login password.
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Jan 16, 2010
I'm using Linux mint and get Internet wirelessly from the router downstairs. i have xbox live and get Internet by following the instructions from this page:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...a_wireless_LAN
but i cant seem to get the script file to run automatically or for the commands to run, so i have to run it everytime i want to connect to xbox live. is there anyway i can solve this?
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Dec 14, 2010
When I start my ubuntu linux system it automatically logs into a user (not root) in graphical mode and it does not asking for any password. when I try to go to the command prompt the password is required. How do I give password for my user. The provider installed the system and not me..
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Mar 24, 2011
i need to connect to a remote linux server on certain times (automated), but i need to log on to the server. So i want to make a script (shell perhaps) that periodically connects to the server and checks some files and folders.How do i automate it and how can i log on automatically to the remote server without typing everytime the password and login (the script should do it himself)
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Jun 21, 2010
I don't know if this a bug or some setting that I have changed inadvertently, but when I start up my computer Ubuntu now logs me on automatically to the sole user account I have created but without asking me my password.I rarely fiddle about with settings and am not aware of touching anything to do with user accounts etc. Obviously I don't want this behaviour otherwise I wouldn't have put a password on the account. Everytime I log on I want to choose what language I want to run my system from the log on screen.
In administration > users and groups > it says my user account password is asked at login.Is there an option somewhere else to turn this behaviour on or off?how I could have accidentally turned this behaviour on?
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Mar 21, 2011
I have a script under /etc/init.d/jboss
When I start the Jboss under my user account (assumed test) I type:
Code:
[test ~]#/etc/init.d/jboss start
And it will ask me for paaword:
Code:
Password:
And I have to type the password.
I find this is quite boring. So I want to write a script locally (assumed called myJboss) so when I want to start the Jboss I just type in:
Code:
[test ~]#myJboss start [password]
And this script will not ask me for password anymore.
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Jul 23, 2010
I burned the ISO of linux mint 9 isadora xfce onto a CD(the live version) and when I booted up for the very first time it asked for a username and password, what am I supposed to put in there? Also, should I have my ethernet cable plugged in for the installation of the OS, or is it fine to do it with no internet connection?
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Feb 18, 2010
I am using OpenSuse 11.1. When the computer boots, I come to the welcome screen and then I have the screen with the users on the left hand side. One user is selected by default, and the space for the password is in blank. If I do not enter the password immediately, black dots start to appear in the password box as if there was somebody typing a password.
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May 24, 2011
I need to be able to use an rsync command in script that will be run by cron. And it needs to be able to pass a password to rsync so that the remote server it's connecting to will authenticate.
I cannot set up ssh keys between the two servers, it's not an option. I cannot use any other language other than bash, it's my only option. I know this is highly insecure, I have no other option.
So far I have this:
rsync --rsh="/usr/bin/ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o PreferredAuthentications=password" -raxv /source/dir/* user@remotehost:/target/directory/.
This allows the script to ignore host verification and goes directly to the password prompt. I need the script to fill in this password prompt with the password that is stored in a variable.
I tried using expect, but I honestly don't know the syntax, it just keeps failing. A lot of the examples I'm finding online for expect starts off with a "spawn", which i don't have installed, and not sure if I have the ability to install it yet.
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Jan 25, 2010
what to do for lock automatically slackware 13 if not used for n minutes ?What can i do to start automatically the ktorrent (a bittorrent program for linux) on system starts on slackware 13 ?
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Mar 7, 2010
i'm trying to get everything working ok. i have installed ubuntu using wubi and i've found that i can access my files on my windows partition from ubuntu. to do this i have to mount the disk and enter the password each time i boot up, and i would like this to be done automatically. i was wondering if this was possible? i put in a link directly to the music folder on windows into my 'places' but it only appears once i have put the password in. its not a huge thing, but its one of those things which would make starting up my ubuntu a lot more conveniant.
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May 17, 2010
I found a way some times ago to mount a truecrypt volume when opening the session by insertion of the login password in the mounting script instead of putting it in clear in the script. I don't remember to command to read/transfer the password.
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Jul 15, 2009
I started to install Fedora thinking I was just going to place it in the / and /home partitions I already have but the installer only seems to give me the option to use the whole disk.I have 3 / and 3 /home partitions 2 of each are occupied by Linux Mint and Mint KDE so I wanted to use the last / and /home for Fedora.
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Jan 9, 2011
I am having a small problem. I have just switched from windows 7 to Mint 10. Everything is great with the exception of I can't use my dvd and cd drives. I was able to use my dvd drive to install. Now I have been searching for answers all over the net, and still can't find out what to do. When I do a dpkg -l | grep libdvd I get,
ii libdvdcss2 1.2.10-0.3medibuntu1 Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runtime libraries
ii libdvdnav4 4.1.3-7 DVD navigation
[code]....
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May 5, 2011
I just got Mint 10 DLed and I'm ready to install. I was reading around and saw that a Live USB can be done. Can anyone tell me how to do that? I also wanted to install it to a PC that isn't ready yet, but I a saw one could make a USB drive work like an OS disk. Can anyone help me with that also. All the years I've worked with PCs, I never installed an OS off a flashdrive.
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Feb 26, 2011
I have heard so many good things about linux and I have heard linux mint is the easiest to use. I was really looking forward to my first Linux experience. I was disappointed to be prompted for a username and password after booting to the Live CD for mint 10. The user manual did not show this step. I searched for help on this but the two suggestions I found did not work. One told me to use mint as the username with a blank password. The other suggested using user and pass for these two fields.
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Nov 30, 2010
I am wanting to add Linux Mint to my computer, but I do not have the room to really do a real install on my computer beside Ubuntu and Vista, so I want to install it on a VirtualBox machine. I have a few questions before I do so. A.) Is all this reversible? B.) It will not affect my current system. Like, if something goes wrong with the install for some reason, it will not affect my current Ubuntu OS, which I will be installing it under. C.) When it asks you to create a hard drive, that is reversible, right? And it's only used when you are using VB? D.) About the hard drive you have to create. I have 2 partitions partitions that I use mainly, my / Linux partition, and OS, which is my Windows NTFS partition. If I create the hard drive on OS, will that mess up the VB?
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Jul 23, 2009
I am an absolute Linux Beginner who is being required to do a bit of admin work because the boss just fired the old linux admin. Unfortunately, one of our employees cannot remember her password to her email account and as such I need to reset it on our linux server.What I want to check is that this email account is actually a linux user account and I simply will reset the password for it using the passwd command from the root login. Is that correct?
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Aug 26, 2010
Do any programs need to be installed that aren't included in the default install of Linux Mint in order for it to allow VNC connections?
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Sep 25, 2010
Can Ubuntu One be used in Linux Mint or other distros? Also, can the Ubuntu music store be accessed from distros other than Ubuntu?
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Sep 9, 2010
I just installed Mint Debian version on an old desktop computer, but it doesn't play audio.
At first vlc even had the whole audio menu greyed out; I followed this, downloaded the deb and installed it. It seemingly recognized my card, but upon reboot, everything is still silent - though vlc now has the audio section accessible.
If I go under audio preferences and select hardware, no device is present.
Here's some information. code...
Any idea what to do to get audio? Everything else works, I'd hate having to wipe the partition just for this...
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Mar 23, 2011
I'm looking to completely change over and need help getting rid of windows.I am currently using windows xp and am looking to use Linux Mint 10.
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Dec 2, 2010
How do I map a cd drive in Linux Mint 9 that is on the same lan connection to another pc? I have 2 system running Linux Mint 9 and would like to know how to map for example the CD-ROM drive in my dell pc to the oem pc for use.
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Sep 25, 2010
I recently downloaded Ubuntu, with Windows Vista dual booting. I am fed up because Ubuntu won't work with my Broadcom BCM4312 Network Connector. I have decided that I am going to install Linux Mint inplace of Ubuntu. The only thing I am worried about is: Will Mint give me the option of which partiton to put it on? I know this sounds stupid, but I am being very cautious about not deleting my files and Vista.
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Jun 5, 2010
how to install or how to run Xampp on Linux Mint 7. to start with an extraction is required and this is the error that i am getting while trying to do this:
kelvin-desktop kelvin # tar xvfz xampp-linux1.7.3atar.gz -C /opt
tar: xampp-linux1.7.3atar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
[code]....
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Jan 18, 2010
I can't install linux mint 7 gloria on my friend's lapt("Toshiba(old)")
should there is any version only for lapt??? should I go to Helena??? OR any other distro
processor:celeron (thinkig to eat me???that's not mine it is of my frnd's)
RAM:512MB
hd:40GB
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Apr 10, 2010
How to enable 3d effects in Linux mint 8?
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Jun 17, 2010
I just installed Linux Mint in my Netbook with help of USB stick. I don't have CD drive in my netbook.
Its working fine but without USB stick its not booting. If start with USB stick its booting fine.
The booting files are in USB, how do I change the booting option. so that I can boot without USB stick help.
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Mar 12, 2010
I've been using Linux Mint happily for a while until a couple of days ago it just died. Froze up, nothing I could do would free it up other than a hard reset. So, I tried to install it again from a Live CD, but my laptop won't even boot into Live mode. It just sits there, saying 'Loading....'. which it frankly isn't. I suspect a major hardware fault has occurred, but have no idea what. Any ideas?
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