GDM-CONTROL(1) Openbox documentation GDM-CONTROL(1)NAME
Openbox - standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window manager.
SYNOPSIS
gdm-control <option>
DESCRIPTION
gdm-control lets you control gdm from within an X session. It enables you to change GDM's behaviour for when you end the current sesson.
For instance, you can tell GDM to reboot, and then immediately log out of the current session, and the computer will be rebooted.
OPTIONS --help
Display some help and exit.
--none
Do nothing special when the current session ends.
--shutdown
Shutdown the computer when the current session ends.
--reboot
eboot the computer when the current session ends.
--suspend
Suspend the computer when the current session ends.
--switch-user
Log in as a new user (this works immediately).
AUTHORS
Openbox was written by Mikael Magnusson <mangosoft@comhem.se> and Dana Jansens <danakj@orodu.net>, aided by several contributors; for a
full list read the file AUTHORS.
This manual page was written by Nico Golde <nion@debian.org>
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
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gdm-restart(1m) User Commands gdm-restart(1m)NAME
gdm-restart, gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop - stop or restart GDM
SYNOPSIS
gdm-restart
gdm-safe-restart
gdm-stop
DESCRIPTION
gdm-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a HUP signal to the GDM daemon. This command immediately terminates all sessions and logs out
users currently logged in with GDM.
gdm-safe-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a USR1 signal to the GDM daemon. GDM is restarted as soon as all users log out.
gdm-stop stops GDM by sending a TERM signal to the GDM daemon.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gdm-restart Executable to stop and restart GDM
/usr/bin/gdm-safe-restarExecutable to stop and restart GDM safely
/usr/bin/stop Executable to stop GDM
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-display-mgr |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gdm(1), gdmXnestchooser(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmphotosetup(1), gdmsetup(1), gdmthemetester(1), gdmconfig(1m)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 1 Sep 2004 gdm-restart(1m)
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