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GDM
!!!GDM
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


gdm - GNOME Display Manager
!!SYNOPSIS


gdm
!!DESCRIPTION


__gdm__ is the equivalent of xdm(1x) or
wdm(1x), but uses the GNOME libraries
to provide a GNOME look-and-feel. It provides
the GNOME equivalent of a ``login:''
prompt.


The full __gdm__ manual is installed as
''/usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/C/index.html'' on your
system. This is only a brief summary - the
HTML manual is the canonical
documentation.


__gdm__ reads ''/etc/gdm/gdm.conf'' for its
configuration. For each local display, gdm starts an X
server and runs gdmlogin(8x) on that display. The
main gdm process also listens for XDMCP
requests from remote displays. These requests can either be
direct, causing __gdm__ to start a gdmlogin(8x) on
the remote display, or indirect, causeing a
gdmchooser(8x) to be opened.


When managing a display, __gdm__ attempts to execute
''/etc/gdm/Init/display'', or
''/etc/gdm/Init/Default'' if that does not exist. When a
user logs in, __gdm__ first attempts
''/etc/gdm/!PreSession/display'' (or
''/etc/gdm/!PreSession/Default''), and then one of the
sessions in ''/etc/gdm/Sessions''. When the session has
completed, __gdm__ attempts to run
''/etc/gdm/!PostSession/display'', or
''/etc/gdm/!PostSession/Default''. Of all these files,
only the ''/etc/gdm/Sessions'' one is required to
exist.


__gdm__ maintains information about the displays it is
managing in ''/var/lib/gdm''. This includes xauth
information, so this directory is not readable to normal
users.


__gdm__ uses PAM to perform authentication
using the config file ''/etc/pam.d/gdm''.
!!AUTHOR


Martin Kasper Petersen


This manual page written by Steve Haslam
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Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:31:12 am by "perry"

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