Auto-login and A/UX 3.0.1

[Opardalis]

So I finally got A/UX 3.0.1 working on my Quadra 700.

One oddity that I cant figure out is, when I follow the instructions to disable auto-login, it doesn't do anything. I've set the root password, created user level accounts, and deleted the autologin file in mac/sys - but still nothing. It always just boots right into root privilege, no login ever.

Its not a big deal, but I would like to see the actual login screen.

-John

 

[beachycove]

This is what you have used by way of instructions?

http://www.aux-penelope.com/sub/ID17627.htm

 

[Opardalis]

Yes

 

[beachycove]

The only thing I can think of is that if the accompanying print and file server (AppleShare 3.something) is installed, it needs to run in root. If AppleShare starts up by default, then it might take the unix System along with it, as it were.

Otherwise, I am stumped.

 

[basalgangster]

Maybe this helps.  It's from the A/UX Basic Skills" manual, chapter 2, "Getting Started with A/UX 3.0.1, page 26.

[SIZE=11pt]"When it is shipped, the Apple Workgroup Server 95 is set up so that you do not need to log in to A/UX. When the server starts up, you are automatically placed in the Finder environment for the account whose name is found in the [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Autologin [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]file. The [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Autologin [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]file can contain no more than one entry. By default, this entry is [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]root[/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]. This entry tells the system to automatically log you in to the [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]root [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]account at startup. You can change the account name in this file to the name of another account if you prefer the system to log you into another account at startup. You can also require users to log in to the system by deleting the entry in the [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Autologin [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]file, leaving the file empty. (For information about editing text files such as the [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Autologin [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]file, see Chapter 5, “Working With TextEditor.”)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]The [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]Autologin [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]file is located in the Preferences folder of the Login System Folder. (The Login System Folder is found in the [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]sys [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]folder of the [/SIZE][SIZE=10pt]mac [/SIZE][SIZE=11pt]folder on the hard disk labeled with a slash.) "[/SIZE]

 

[beachycove]

Actually, that made me think.

The OP said he'd deleted the autologin file; in this case the System might just recreate it by default. The instruction is to delete the content of the file, i.e., open it and delete the contents in a text editor, and then save the file again.