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[Tutorial] Auto sign-in on ChromeOS startup
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Auto sign-in on ChromeOS startup

Overview

In some scenarios, it is inconvenient/unnecessary to login with a password, for example, when using Chromebook as a home server or kiosk.

However, ChromeOS doesn't provide any way to enable auto-login or to disable the sign-in password (there was such a feature on macOS many years ago). And Google have no interest in adding this functionality also.

Recently I installed ChromeOS on my HTPC, planning to use it as a TV box (and the same trouble annoyed me). So I created a program to do it for me.

Prerequisites

  • A ChromeOS device with developer mode on

So, how to do it?

  1. Switch to VT-2 by pressing Ctrl + Alt + ->
  2. In the login prompt, type chronos and press Enter
  3. Enter the installation script of ChromeOS-AutoLogin:
sudo bash -c "$(curl -L https://github.com/supechicken/ChromeOS-AutoLogin/raw/main/install.sh)"
  1. All done, reboot with sudo reboot and check if it works :)
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