How can I make ubuntu login automatically?

[Michael V. De Palatis]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 02:24:44PM -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On 6/2/06, OOzy Pal <oozypal at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Is that a problem. This computer is in my home and nobody comes around
> >it. Is it a  problem from the outside world as I am using DSL?
> 
> It's absolutely not a problem.  If you're having the desktop log in
> you automatically at home for reasons of convenience, there is no
> additional security risk to you from a remote access perspective.

Just make sure that you don't allow remote logins... This is disabled
by default, I believe. While autologin is safe enough for a desktop
machine, it's just one of those things that is inherently insecure,
and I never recommend anyone do it (unless it is for a machine for
public use, e.g.).

That said, I don't think that it is really a major security threat if
you are just using the machine for yourself.

Mike