Autologin with getty on linux console

1. Create autologin.c and put following code in it.

int main()
{
execlp( “login”, “login”, “-f”, “andrew”, 0);
}

2. Compile it with following command:

cc autologin.c -o autologin

3. Do following changes in /etc/inittab
Please add “-n -l /usr/sbin/autologin” immidiate after “/sbin/getty”
Your line will be like this:

c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -n -l /usr/sbin/autologin 38400 tty1 linux

4. Reboot

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