NODM(8) System Administration Utilities NODM(8)
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)
