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gdm - GNOME Display Manager |
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!!DESCRIPTION |
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__gdm__ is the equivalent of xdm(1x) or |
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wdm(1x), but uses the GNOME libraries |
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to provide a GNOME look-and-feel. It provides |
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the GNOME equivalent of a ``login:'' |
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prompt. |
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The full __gdm__ manual is installed as |
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''/usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/C/index.html'' on your |
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system. This is only a brief summary - the |
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HTML manual is the canonical |
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documentation. |
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__gdm__ reads ''/etc/gdm/gdm.conf'' for its |
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configuration. For each local display, gdm starts an X |
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server and runs gdmlogin(8x) on that display. The |
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main gdm process also listens for XDMCP |
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requests from remote displays. These requests can either be |
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direct, causing __gdm__ to start a gdmlogin(8x) on |
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the remote display, or indirect, causeing a |
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gdmchooser(8x) to be opened. |
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When managing a display, __gdm__ attempts to execute |
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''/etc/gdm/Init/display'', or |
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''/etc/gdm/Init/Default'' if that does not exist. When a |
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user logs in, __gdm__ first attempts |
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''/etc/gdm/!PreSession/display'' (or |
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''/etc/gdm/!PreSession/Default''), and then one of the |
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sessions in ''/etc/gdm/Sessions''. When the session has |
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completed, __gdm__ attempts to run |
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''/etc/gdm/!PostSession/display'', or |
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''/etc/gdm/!PostSession/Default''. Of all these files, |
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only the ''/etc/gdm/Sessions'' one is required to |
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exist. |
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__gdm__ maintains information about the displays it is |
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managing in ''/var/lib/gdm''. This includes xauth |
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information, so this directory is not readable to normal |
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users. |
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__gdm__ uses PAM to perform authentication |
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using the config file ''/etc/pam.d/gdm''. |
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!!AUTHOR |
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Martin Kasper Petersen |
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This manual page written by Steve Haslam |
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