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)