automatic boot up and login - VNC related

[Dan Falck <dfalck-at-sbcglobal.net>]

I set up VNC again yesterday with the 2.12 BDI system.  As soon as I 
figure out how to run Lyx, I will send Ray a document on how I did it.  
My question today is:  How can one set up the EMC BDI system to log in 
automatically and launch a program right after it logs in?  It has 
something to do with rc.d or an rc file somewher, but I am a weekend 
warrior when it comes to this and haven't figured it out yet.  
Also, I have forgotten how to set up to NOT  boot into  X.  When I boot 
up now, I type in 'linux 3' at the lilo prompt. This gets me there
temporarily.

It's kind of funny how I decided to set up VNC on this particular 
machine.  The monitor is not cooperating on the X set up, so I got fed 
up and am using it through VNC on my Apple Cube under OS X.  It does run 
adequately this way- the speed is a little slow, since there is a slow 
10 base T network between them.  But it is OK.  

While I'm at it....  What are people doing to transfer files to linux 
boxes nowdays.  I have OS X on one system, Win98 on another, and a few 
EMC machines running.  The OS X machine could be set up as a Samba 
server, with the EMC machines receiving files generated
from the Win 98 CAD/CAM machine.  What are some of the options?  ftp 
from the server, telnet, etc?  

Thanks,
Dan