[arch-general] Automatic login

[Tim Ohliger]

2017-07-18 14:25 GMT+02:00 Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general <
arch-general at archlinux.org>:

> Hello,
>
> How to enable automatic login in arch (using sddm and KDE) .
>
> I tried enabling it in /etc/sddm.conf but it didn't work. Also I saw
> something like getty but I didn't understand what it does or how to make it
> work. In all other linux there is an option called "user" in settings but
> that is absent in Arch.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Nirjhor
>

Hi.

I have an automatic login option in KDEs "System Settings" -> "Startup and
Shutdown"-> "Login Screen (SDDM)" -> "Advanced" -> "[ ] Auto Login".
Maybe that is what you are looking for.
I do not know anything about the config files since I do not use automatic
login.

Greetings
Tim