Linux tip, Fedora tip / howto: Enabling automatic login and automatic wireless connection in Fedora 12 |
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Enabling automatic login and automatic wireless connection in Fedora 12 I have Fedora 12 installed on an Eee 901, and when I turn it on, I just want it to login automatically using a dummy "wifi" user, and connect to my wireless network. Unfortunately this is not straight-forward to configure: you have to edit a configuration file, and disable the hassling you get about the "default keyring password". To enable automatic login:
To get rid of the annoying default keyring password dialog (I even forgot the actual password...):
That's it, upon next boot the wifi user (in my case) is logged in automatically, and the actual wifi connection is made automatically.
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