Station Mapping: Autologin
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(Updated 2015.12.18)
Introduction
Autologin automatically start Linux session for specified users.
Points to consider before using Autologin session container:
- Do not pre-create the users. Autologin will automatically create users as required for the sessions.
- For multiple sessions, use the station variable (%STATION_ID%) to include the station number in the username.
- If a username without a station variable is used, do not map multiple stations to this session container. User settings may become corrupt by so doing. The system will attempt to detect if a session for the same user is started and prevent it but a number of factors may cause this error detection not to work.
- User settings are saved and retained from one session to another. If a user account (e.g., station_1, station_2, etc.) becomes corrupted, you can login as root user and delete the user. The user will be re-created when the station restarts.
- To use usernames that differ more than just by station number (e.g. "student", "teacher", etc) create multiple Autologin session containers.
Station Mapping: Creating a Autologin Session Container
Station Mapping allows you to bind a specific station to session containers. To create the "Autologin" session container, do the following:
- Click on Station Mapping > New Session Container button. From the drop-down menu select "Autologin" as preferred session container type and give it a name.
- Enter "Username" (The username provided can contain a variable to allow different users to be logged on to different stations. The variable will be replaced by the station number).
- Click "OK" to complete the process.
Map Stations to Autologin Session Container
Once session container is created, stations can be "mapped" or assigned by simply dragging-and-dropping the station icons to the Autologin session container.
As with any session container, you can also add Autologin session container to a "Welcome Screen" thus making it one of several choices available to the user.
Note: Changes will not take effect until the "Apply" button is clicked.
