autologin patch for xdm

Hello,

As i pointed out in this post, the source of xdm 1.1.10 with autologin patch applied can be found here.

Since the patch is not available anymore, and slackware includes xdm 1.1.11, I had to make the patch (Attachment 32713) from xdm sources 1.1.10, 1.1.10al and 1.1.11.

To build an xdm package for slackware with autologin, proceed as below :

• 1. download x11 source, with only xdm source tarballs and required build files. Here is the rsync command for that :
  Code:$ rsync -av --include="*/" --include="arch.use.flags" --include="build/xdm" --include="configure/xdm" --include="doinst.sh/xdm" --include="modularize" --include="patch/xdm.patch" --include="patch/xdm/*" --include="post-install/xdm.post-install" --include="post-install/xdm/*" --include="slack-desc/xdm" --include="src/app/xdm-*" --include="x11.SlackBuild" --exclude="*" rsync://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/slackware/slackware-current/source/x/x11 .
• 2. download the patch Attachment 32712, then apply it :
  Code:$ patch -p0<x11.patch.txt
• 3. Download the patch Attachment 32713, then copy it (without .txt extension) in x11/patch/xdm :
  Code:$ cp xdm-autologin.patch.txt x11/patch/xdm/xdm-autologin.patch
• 4. run (as root) the command below to build and install the xdm package with autologin :
  Code:$ cd x11
  $ x11.SlackBuild app xdm

  Note:
  To prevent auto-upgrade of installed xdm package, pass 'UPGRADE_PACKAGES=no' on the command line, as below :
  
  Code:$ UPGRADE_PACKAGES=no x11.SlackBuild app xdm

• 6. To enable autologin for the user FOO with the password BAR, open /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config and add lines as below :
  Code:DisplayManager._0.autoUser: FOO
  DisplayManager._0.autoPass: BARAs stated here :
  • autoPass is needed only if you use Kerberos5 authentication or NIS.
  • As the password must be stored in clear text, you have to "chmod 600" your xdm-config to prevent everybody with an account from reading it

On next reboot, you should be autologged on X server :0. Note that, it is possible to have an XDM with autologin on X server :0, and a "normal" XDM on X server :1.

Hope this helps some.

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Attached Files

	x11.patch.txt (1.7 KB)
	xdm-autologin.patch.txt (12.2 KB)