Can I change which user is automatically logged in based on the time?

Question

I have a personal and work account on my machine. I'd like the automatic login to use the following logic (if you'll pardon my Python)... is this possible?

if (time < 5pm) and (day in workdays):
    log in to work account
else:
    log in to personal account

Answer 1

Which user is automatically logged in is stored in the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file. You'd have to write a script to update that file and use cron to call it at the appropriate time.