gdmsetup(1)                                                        User Commands                                                       gdmsetup(1)

NAME

       gdmsetup - GDM Configuration Tool

SYNOPSIS

       gdmsetup [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       gdmsetup  provides  a  graphical interface that enables you to modify the GDM configuration file, gdm.conf. gdmsetup can only be run as the
       root user.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

       gdmsetup has six tabs: General, Standard greeter, Graphical greeter, Security, Accessibility, and XDMCP.

       The following sections describe the configuration options that you can edit. The affected gdm.conf section-key pair is listed in  parenthe-
       ses.

   General
         o  Whether the local greeter program is the Graphical or Standard greeter (daemon - Greeter)

         o  Whether the remote greeter program is the Graphical or Standard greeter (daemon - RemoteGreeter)

         o  Whether to use the 24-hour clock format (greeter - Use24Clock)

         o  Welcome string (greeter - Welcome)

         o  Remote Welcome string (greeter - RemoteWelcome)

         o  Automatic Login selection (daemon - AutomaticLoginEnable)

         o  Automatic Login username (daemon - AutomaticLogin)

         o  Timed Login Selection (daemon - TimedLoginEnable)

         o  Timed Login username (daemon - TimedLogin)

         o  Timed Login delay (daemon - TimedLoginDelay)

   Standard Greeter
         o  Background image selection as none, image, or color (greeter - BackgroundType)

         o  Background image (greeter - BackgroundImage)

         o  Scale background image to fit (greeter - BackgroundScaleToFit)

         o  Background color (greeter - BackgroundColor)

         o  Only background color on remote displays (greeter - BackgroundRemoteOnlyColor)

         o  Logo image (greeter - Logo)

         o  Show chooseable user images or face browser (greeter - Browser)

   Graphical Greeter
         o  Theme selection (greeter - GraphicalTheme)

         o  Install new theme

         o  Delete theme

   Security
         o  Allow root to login with GDM (security - AllowRoot)

         o  Allow root to login remotely with GDM (security - AllowRemoteRoot)

         o  Allow remote timed logins (security - AllowRemoteAutoLogin)

         o  Show actions menu (greeter - SystemMenu)

         o  Allow configuration from the login screen (greeter - ConfigAvailable)

         o  Allow running XDMCP chooser from the login screen (greeter - ChooserButton)

         o  Always disallow TCP connections to Xserver (security - DisallowTCP)

   Accessibility
         o  Enable accessibility modules (daemon - AddGtkModules)

         o  Make a sound when login window is ready (greeter - SoundOnLogin)

         o  Sound file selection (greeter - SoundOnLogin)

   XDMCP
         o  Enable XDMCP (xdmcp - Enable

         o  Honor indirect requests (xdmcp - HonorIndirect)

         o  Listen on UDP port (xdmcp - Port)

         o  Maximum pending requests (xdmcp - MaxPending)

         o  Maximum pending indirect requests (xdmcp - MaxPendingIndirect)

         o  Maximum remote sessions (xdmcp - MaxSessions)

         o  Maximum wait time (xdmcp - MaxWait)

         o  Maximum indirect wait time (xdmcp - MaxWaitIndirect)

         o  Displays per host (xdmcp - DisplaysPerHost)

         o  Ping interval in seconds (xdmcp - PingIntervalSeconds)

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gdmsetup       Executable for GDM Configuration Tool

       /usr/sbin/gdmconfig     Wrapper script to run gdmsetup, for binary name compatibility

       /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf   Contains GDM configuration and documentation, can be modified by gdmsetup or gdmconfig

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), gdmthemetester(1), gdm-restart(1m), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10                                                          1 Sep 2004                                                         gdmsetup(1)