Induce Mac graphical login from SSH

Posted by Ben Alpert on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Ben Alpert
Published on 2009-09-10T23:17:10Z Indexed on 2010/04/23 16:43 UTC
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The title says it all. Is there a way to make the loginwindow process start a user session by running a command when remotely logged in via SSH as an admin on Mac OS X?

When the machine is at the login window (no user is currently logged in), I want it to open up a user's session as if I had clicked on the username and entered a password.

Solutions that don't involve scripting the GUI are highly preferred, but this Apple KB page may be of interest for those who go that route.

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