autologin-iitk is a Python script designed to automate the login process for IIT Kanpur's firewall authentication page. This script continuously checks for the captive portal, performs login, and keeps the session alive to maintain internet connectivity without manual intervention.
- Servers and most of the computers in labs are connected via LAN and require login to the Firewall page at every boot. To automate this process, this script was created.
- Sometimes, for certain PCs, we might need to connect to iitk WiFi only, again for which the firewall page is necessary. Hence,
autologin-iitk.
- Python 3 with properly set environment PATH variable.
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Git clone the repository (or) download the zip from here, and navigate into the autologin-iitk directory:
git clone https://github.com/cipherswami/autologin-iitk.git
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Now, edit the
autologin-iitk.pyfile in the src folder to add your username and password:####### User section ######################### username = 'FILL USERNAME' password = 'FILL PASSWORD' # NOTE: Enter webmail password, not WiFi SSO #############################################
- Please refer to the following sections for Linux, Windows, and MacOS installation instructions:
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In autologin-iitk folder, navigate to the linux folder to find the installation script:
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Now, grant executable permissions and run the install script:
chmod +x install.sh sudo ./install.sh
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et voilà! installation is done.
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In autologin-iitk folder, navigate to the linux folder to find the uninstallation script.
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Now, grant executable permissions and run the uninstall script:
chmod +x uninstall.sh sudo ./uninstall.sh
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In autologin-iitk folder, navigate to the windows folder to find the installation batch file.
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Now, right-click
install.batand run it as administrator. -
et voilà! installation is done.
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😁 Please give this Repo a star if you found it useful.
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And check out Additional info.
NOTE: In the Windows folder, you will find nssm.exe (Non-Sucking Service Manager), which is used to install and manage the Python script as a service. At the time of writing, the NSSM version is 2.24. If you want, you may get the most recent version from here and replace the old one with the new 64-bit version under the same name (nssm.exe), then do the installation.
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In autologin-iitk folder, navigate to the windows folder to find the uninstallation batch file.
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Now, right-click
uninstall.batand run it as administrator.
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🥲 🤣 I'm not rich enough to afford Apple products. You guys, please find a way to install the below command as a service or simply put it as a startup command:
python path-to-script/autologin-iitk.py
- 😜 Simply undo what you did.
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The script is designed to self-terminate after 3 Hrs in the case of failures or when you are already connected to internet beyond refresh time (2 Hrs).
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There is a possibility of a maximum downtime of 15 minutes in case reboots are involved, as it doesn't store the last authentication instance.
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In such cases, you can restart the service and check logs as follow:
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Linux:
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service autologin-iitk restart - For logs, execute -
journalctl -u autologin-iitk
- In bash terminal execute -
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Windows:
- In powershell execute -
Restart-Service -Name "autologin-iitk" -Force(or) you can do it fromservices.msc - For logs, execute -
Get-Content C:\Users\$envs:USERNAME\AppData\Local\auotologin-iitk\autologin-iitk.log
- In powershell execute -
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- Mounika M <aravindswami135@gmail.com>
- Abhinav Anand (CSE IITK): Thanks for providing the inital basic script - v1.0.0.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
Feel free to contribute to this project by opening issues and submitting pull requests. Your feedback and contributions are highly appreciated!