kcpassword

https://github.com/xfreebird/kcpassword

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kcpassword is an OS X autologin enabler utility that creates the /etc/kcpassword file to enable...

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### Install kcpassword via Homebrew

Source: https://github.com/xfreebird/kcpassword/blob/master/README.md

Install the utility by tapping the xfreebird/utils repository and then installing the kcpassword formula.

```shell
brew tap xfreebird/utils
brew install kcpassword
```

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### Enable autologin using /etc/kcpassword file

Source: https://github.com/xfreebird/kcpassword/blob/master/README.md

The enable_autologin script can be invoked with just a password when the password is stored in /etc/kcpassword.

```shell
enable_autologin "password"
```

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### Enable autologin for a user with enable_autologin

Source: https://github.com/xfreebird/kcpassword/blob/master/README.md

Run enable_autologin with a username and password to enable OS X autologin for that user.

```shell
enable_autologin "username" "password"
```

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