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NAME

       nodm - X display manager for automatic logins

SYNOPSIS

       nodm [options]

DESCRIPTION

       nodm is a minimal display manager that simply logs in as a given user and starts an X session, without asking for username or password.

       On a normal computer, using nodm is a big security issue because it would give anyone access to the computer.

       However, there are cases where automatic login is needed: for example in an embedded system such as a mobile phone, or in a kiosk setup, or
       in a control panel for industrial machinery.  For those cases, nodm is simple to setup, lightweight, and it should  do  exactly	the  right
       thing.

OPTIONS

       --help print this help message

       --version
	      print nodm's version number

       --verbose
	      verbose outpout or logging

       --quiet
	      only log warnings and errors

       --nested
	      run  a  nested  X  server, does not require root. 	       The server defaults to "/usr/bin/Xnest :1",		  override
	      with NODM_X_OPTIONS

       --[no-]syslog
	      enable/disable logging to syslog

       --[no-]stderr
	      enable/disable logging to stderr

AUTHOR

       nodm is written and maintained by Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org> and Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       xinit(1), xdm(1), gdm(1), kdm(1).

nodm version 0.11						  September 2012							   NODM(8)