Implement a policy to autologin a public account.

chrome/app/policy/policy_templates.json

Index: chrome/app/policy/policy_templates.json
diff --git a/chrome/app/policy/policy_templates.json b/chrome/app/policy/policy_templates.json
index 27751b1c87c28186b5b7f69494a9418d38fd7492..94659c90ff2dd6d01dc0cc395c7f9a1c590c8210 100644
--- a/chrome/app/policy/policy_templates.json
+++ b/chrome/app/policy/policy_templates.json
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 #   persistent IDs for all fields (but not for groups!) are needed. These are
 #   specified by the 'id' keys of each policy. NEVER CHANGE EXISTING IDs,
 #   because doing so would break the deployed wire format!
-#   For your editing convenience: highest ID currently used: 188
+#   For your editing convenience: highest ID currently used: 190
 #
 # Placeholders:
 #   The following placeholder strings are automatically substituted:
@@ -3527,6 +3527,46 @@
       Every list entry specifies an identifier, which is used internally to tell the different device-local accounts apart.''',
     },
     {
+      'name': 'DeviceLocalAccountAutoLoginId',
+      'type': 'string',
+      'schema': { 'type': 'string' },
+      'supported_on': ['chrome_os:26-'],
+      'device_only': True,
+      'features': {
+        'dynamic_refresh': True,
+      },
+      'example_value': "bob@example.com",

[bartfab (slow), 2013/02/25 16:51:23]

Nit: I would go with an example value that explicitly shows this is a *public*
account, not one intended for a single person (Bob) to use.

[dconnelly, 2013/02/26 18:04:15]

Done.

+      'id': 190,
+      'caption': '''Public session for auto-login''',
+      'desc': '''A public session to auto-login after a delay.
+
+      If this policy is set, the specified session will be automatically logged in after a period of time has elapsed at the login screen. The public session must already be configured (see "DeviceLocalAccounts").

[bartfab (slow), 2013/02/25 16:51:23]

Nit: Add "without user interaction" after "has elapsed at the login screen".

[dconnelly, 2013/02/26 18:04:15]

Done.

+
+      If this policy is unset, there will be no auto-login.''',
+    },
+    {
+      'name': 'DeviceLocalAccountAutoLoginDelay',
+      'type': 'int',
+      'schema': { 'type': 'integer' },
+      'supported_on': ['chrome_os:26-'],
+      'device_only': True,
+      'features': {
+        'dynamic_refresh': True,
+      },
+      'example_value': 300,

[bartfab (slow), 2013/02/25 16:51:23]

If this policy realy is in milliseconds, 300 is a bad example value (0.3s is a
bit too short to be really useful :).

[dconnelly, 2013/02/26 18:04:15]

Done.

+      'id': 189,
+      'caption': '''Public session auto-login timer''',
+      'desc': '''The public session auto-login delay.
+
+      If the DeviceLocalAccountAutoLoginId policy is unset, this policy has no effect. Otherwise:

[bartfab (slow), 2013/02/25 16:51:23]

Nit: Put the policy name in quotes for consistency. Or, even better, use bars
around the policy names instead of quotes.

[dconnelly, 2013/02/26 18:04:15]

Done.

+
+      If this policy is set, it determines the amount of time without user activity that should elapse before automatically logging into the public session specified by the "DeviceLocalAccountAutoLoginId" policy.
+
+      If this policy is unset, 0 milliseconds will be used as the timeout.
+
+      This policy is specified in milliseconds.'''
+    },
+    {
       'name': 'BackgroundModeEnabled',
       'type': 'main',
       'schema': { 'type': 'boolean' },