Re: [TCLUG:6095] Login

["Shawn T . Amundson" <amundson@eventloop.com>]

On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 02:17:04PM -0500, Eric Hillman wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barnholtz, Brian [mailto:BBarnhol@BENNETTLUMBER.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 1:17 PM
> > To: 'tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com'
> > Subject: [TCLUG:6095] Login
> >
> >
> > I have set up a new user as guest and want to go directly into the X
> > Environment as soon as they log in.  Hence eliminating the need to type
> > startx.  I want this only for the guest account.  Any ideas on how to
> > achieve this.
> >
> 
> Put "/usr/X11R6/bin/startx" as the last line in ~guest/.profile would seem
> to be the obvious solution, unless I'm missing something important.

A solution less-hacky would be to run xdm.

-Shawn

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