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Old 02-25-2004
i just installed 5.2 a day or two ago and i noticed in the gnome desktop there is a setting to autologon x user. i dont play with that machine much, cuz i havent had time, but i know there is a way. i guess the real question is why?

that pretty much kills your 1st level of security off the bat.
 

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gnome-font-properties(1)					   User Commands					  gnome-font-properties(1)

NAME
gnome-font-properties - select fonts for the desktop SYNOPSIS
gnome-font-properties [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
The Font preferences tool allows you to select the fonts to use in your applications and desktop background. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5). EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Font preferences tool example% gnome-font-properties EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfully >0 Application exited with failure FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnome-font-propExecutable for Font preferences tool ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-font-properties(1)
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