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Set up a headless Mac

A Mac with nobody at it logs in by itself, so eris comes back after restarts.

  1. Turn on Remote Login in System Settings.
  2. From the account eris should use, tick Headless setup, run the command, then restart: it logs in and starts eris.
  • FileVault stops automatic login. Turning it off (sudo fdesetup disable) leaves a stolen Mac's disk readable. Or keep it: log in with Screen Sharing now, and after each restart, unlock it with SSH first.
  • From elsewhere, use Tailscale.
  • Optionally, --user eris gives eris a standard account of its own, without admin rights, so yours stays clean to recover from. It doesn't protect eris's own history and keys.
  • Give eris scoped keys and tokens of its own.