Re: [Gumstix-users] Auto Root Login

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Gordon,

> Thanks for the response.  I am new to Linux and the Gumstix and am
> trying to setup the Gumstix/Robostix as the controller for a small
> mobile robot.
>
> I was intending to get the Gumstix to login so that I could just use
> shell commands to input/output data from the robot (interacting with a
> host program written in C++).  I only have a Gumstix basix 200 at the
> moment and can only use serial when I have it connected to the
> Robostix.   I guess this is not the most elegant way of doing it, but
> should get the project going.

So you just want the autologin, so your host program doesn't have to?

If that's the case, then you can change this line in the /etc/inittab
file on the gumstix from:

::respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100

to be:

::respawn:/bin/sh

This will launch a shell, instead of launching getty. getty is what
prompts for the username and password.

You may want to add --login to the /bin/sh. The --login option to
/bin/sh causes sh to treat this as a login shell. This means that it
will execute /etc/profile and ~/.profile to do shell setup stuff.

-- 
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/