File Vault and automatic login

[gintonic]

I'd like to use File Vault in combination with an automatic login.
(I know this sounds useless at first thought, but I only want to prevent other users in the network seeing my files, physical access to computer is not possible, and I need the automatic login in combination with scheduled startup to perform cron jobs at night.)
Since after the activation of File Vault it's not possible to activate automatic login for this account, I was looking for a config File or something similar to be able to activate automatic login, unfortunately I couldn't find anything.

Any ideas? thx

[hayne]

Instead of using FileVault, I recommend creating an encrypted disk image (using Disk Utility) and putting your sensitive files on that disk image.

[gintonic]

I thought about that too, the only problem is, that the cron job during the night needs some files, i'd like to protect. And I assume they cant be automatically accessed, can they?
With file vault this is no issue, since everything is decrypted after login.....

[hayne]

It's the same deal with an encrypted disk image as with FileVault.
With FileVault, all your files are accessible while you are logged in.
With an encrypted disk image, all the files on it are accessible while it is mounted. To mount it you need to supply the password but then it stays mounted until you eject it (or log out).

[gintonic]

ok, works fine. The only remaining thing was to install an automatic mount for the encrypted files for the cron, was not so difficult (even for me....) thanks