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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Launch program at boot time??
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 21:46:42 GMT
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- In <C02z23.1os@iat.holonet.net> cmumford@iat.holonet.net (Chris Mumford) writes:
-
- | Does anyone know how to launch a program at boot time. This would be
- | valuable for a turn-key system where the power button is pressed and the
- | system comes right up into the simulation.
-
- Create an account whose .xsession and/or .sgisgession
- runs the programs you want with the resources you want,
- and then setup the system to autologin as that 'user'
- (via system manager, or just put the account name in
- /etc/autologin). This won't work if the user 'logs out',
- but it does work on bootup.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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