I am aware of CGSession which can be used to jump to the login window or bring up the login UI for a specific user but is there a way to do this completely programmatically from a root process?
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Aaron.
Is there any way to programmatically log a user on to a MAC?
I am aware of CGSession which can be used to jump to the login window or bring up the login UI for a specific user …
Not via its supported public API it can’t!
but is there a way to do this completely programmatically from a root process?
That depends on your specific requirements. There’s certainly no way to create a GUI login session out of thin air. There are, however, some options:
You could start a remote session via VNC.
If the GUI was parked at the login screen, you could use an authorisation plug-in to provide the password.
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@awilson, Were you able to achieve this?