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authorEugene O'Connor <eoconnor@src.gnome.org>2004-03-16 15:46:59 +0000
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-<chapter id="gdm-0">
- <title>Configuring GDM</title>
- <highlights>
- <para>This chapter describes how to configure <application>GDM</application> in the GNOME Desktop.</para>
- </highlights>
- <sect1 id="gdm-1">
- <title>Introduction to GDM</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>GDM</primary>
- <secondary>introduction</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To start a GNOME Desktop session, users must log in to authenticate
-their identity. The login screen provides gateway to the desktop environment
-for the user. The <application>GNOME Display Manager</application> (<application>GDM</application>) application controls the login screen. </para>
- <para><application>GDM</application> also enables you to log in to another
-session without closing the current session.</para>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="gdm-2">
- <title>Configuring GDM</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>GDM</primary>
- <secondary>configuring</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To configure <application>GDM</application>, use the <application>GDM
-Configurator</application> application. To open <application>GDM Configurator</application>, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>System Tools</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>GDM Configurator</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
- <para>You can configure <application>GDM</application> in the following functional
-areas:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>General</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Standard greeter</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Graphical greeter</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Security</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>XDMCP</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <sect2 id="gdm-3">
- <title>General Settings</title>
- <para>Use the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tabbed section to set general GDM
-preferences.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="gdm-TBL-8"/> lists the general GDM settings that you can
-configure.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gdm-TBL-8">
- <title>General GDM Settings</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
- <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Local</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information
-to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Remote</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Always use 24 hour clock format</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Login a user automatically on first bootup</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Automatic login username</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Login a user automatically after a specified number
-of seconds</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided
-in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Timed login username</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Seconds before login</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gdm-4">
- <title>Standard Greeter Settings</title>
- <para>Use the <guilabel>Standard greeter</guilabel> tabbed section to set
-preferences for the standard greeter.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="gdm-TBL-9"/> lists the standard greeter settings that
-you can configure.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gdm-TBL-9">
- <title>Standard Greeter Settings</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec2" colwidth="50*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec3" colwidth="50*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Logo</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information
-to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Welcome string</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show choosable user images (face browser)</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>No background</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec2">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Image</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec3">
- <para/>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec2">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Color</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec3">
- <para/>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Scale background image to fit</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Only color on remote displays</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Background color</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gdm-5">
- <title>Graphical Greeter Settings</title>
- <para>Use the <guilabel>Graphical greeter</guilabel> tabbed section to set
-preferences for the graphical greeter.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="gdm-TBL-10"/> lists the graphical greeter settings that
-you can configure.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gdm-TBL-10">
- <title>Graphical Greeter Settings</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
- <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>Greeter list</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be
-provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guibutton>Install new theme</guibutton>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gdm-6">
- <title>Security Settings</title>
- <para>Use the <guilabel>Security</guilabel> tabbed section to set security
-preferences for GDM.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="gdm-TBL-11"/> lists the security settings that you can
-configure.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gdm-TBL-11">
- <title>Security Settings</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
- <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Allow root to login with GDM</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Allow root to login remotely with GDM</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Allow remote timed logins</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show system menu</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Allow configuration from the login screen</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Retry delay (seconds)</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gdm-7">
- <title>XDMCP Settings</title>
- <para>Use the <guilabel>XDMCP</guilabel> tabbed section to set preferences
-for XDMCP.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="gdm-TBL-12"/> lists the XDMCP settings that you can configure.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gdm-TBL-12">
- <title>XDMCP Settings</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="50*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="50*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Enable XDMCP</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Honour indirect requests</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Listen on UDP port</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Maximum pending requests</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Max pending indirect requests</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Maximum remote sessions</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Maximum wait time</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Maximum indirect wait time</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Displays per host</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Ping interval (minutes)</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Information to be provided in a future release.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="gdm-13">
- <title>Logging in to a New Session</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>GDM</primary>
- <secondary>logging in to new session</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>New login application</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To log in to a new session, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guisubmenu>System Tools</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New login</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A login screen is displayed. Enter your username
-and password to log in.</para>
- </sect1>
-</chapter>