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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu!aak2 From: aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How would you do this ? Date: 14 Aug 1995 15:53:25 -0500 Organization: Mississippi State University Lines: 19 Message-ID: <aak2.808433446@Ra.MsState.Edu> References: <aak2.808401125@ra.msstate.edu> <40nr0b$jo9@gate.sinica.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: ra.msstate.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) writes: >In article <aak2.808401125@ra.msstate.edu>, Atif Ahmad Khan <aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu> wrote: >> >>I put the command "start-my-program" in file /etc/rc.local but don't >>know how to autmate enternig the password. I can't be near the machine >>and remember to enter the password everytime it reboots. Any help would >>be appreciated. Thanks. > Dumb question... but if you want to automatically enter the >password so it will be able to boot unattended, what's the point of >having a password there in the first place? Because I didn't write the program. And I am not as worried about the security aspect of the program as much as I am about it working "all the time" Atif Khan aak2@ra.msstate.edu