Auto Login On Ubuntu Mate

[JamesPoole]

Im trying to find a way to auto login past the CLI login so I can execute a script automatically when I plug in the Pi.
I have found a few ways to do this online but I think they are all based around upstart and the method has changed since systemd has been introduced.
Can anyone help me here?

Cheers,
James

[brucetexpeditefile]

Haven't tried this on a PI but this is what I do on another ARM based SBC....

Only works if you are running lightdm...

Edit:

/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/60-lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf

Then add the following line at the end:

autologin-user=pi


Bruce

[stderr]

Haven't tried this on a PI but this is what I do on another ARM based SBC....
Only works if you are running lightdm...
Edit:
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/60-lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
Then add the following line at the end:
autologin-user=pi

Isn't share supposed to mean you can share that with other systems, which may or may not need the same user to automatically log in? Granted, of course, that most people don't do that, and under 16.04 of Ubuntu, I can't get it to automatically log in even though the following is set:

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

to:

[Seat:*]
autologin-user=whateverUser

[brucetexpeditefile]

Sorry, I missed the CLI entry. Here is how I do this on the PI as well as the other ARM computer running mate.

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
Find the line 'ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty %I $TERM
Change it to 'ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear -a pi %I $TERM

Change the pi entry to your login name.

Bruce

[brucetexpeditefile]

Converted the entry to a mailto link? Here is the file name.

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etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service

Note: I'm running 15.10. Thanks for the heads up on 16.04

Bruce