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author | Martin Peterson <mkp@src.gnome.org> | 1999-04-18 22:08:08 +0000 |
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committer | Martin Peterson <mkp@src.gnome.org> | 1999-04-18 22:08:08 +0000 |
commit | 48dfb0c6fc683eb0512074448bc4418ad8241e40 (patch) | |
tree | cf7b1a5029538937affbbfd917db176d524ed8f6 /README | |
download | gdm-48dfb0c6fc683eb0512074448bc4418ad8241e40.tar.gz |
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@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ + + + GDM - GNOME DISPLAY MANAGER + + +The Gnome Display Manager is a re-implementation of the well known xdm +program. gdm consists of four separate parts: A small daemon, two +slightly different graphical login programs and a host chooser. + +gdm 2.0 implements all significant features required for managing +local and remote displays. + +gdm daemon: + + o X Authentication + o Default and per-display initialization scripts + o Pre and post session scripts + o Pluggable Authentication Modules + o XDMCP + o TCP Wrappers for access control + +gdmgreeter: + + o Logo image (in any GdkImlib supported format) + o A face browser like the one on NeXT/SGI + o Tab-completion (no, doesn't work on passwords) + o Halt, reboot and laptop suspend + o Iconified login window (i.e. for xfishtank) + o Session selection support (Package manager friendly) + o Language selection support + +gdmlogin: + + o Logo image + o Halt and reboot + o Iconified login window + o Session selection support + o Language selection support + +gdmchooser: + + o Visual host browser + o Customizable icons + + +Most features can be turned on and off in the configuration file by +the sysadmin. + +Availability: + + ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/ + + +Please consult README.install for instructions on how to configure and +install gdm. + +Send suggestions, patches, bug reports etc. to mkp@SunSITE.auc.dk. +Bear in mind that this is beta software and please enable debug +logging (see README.install) and include your syslog and +<vardir>/gdm/<display>.log when sending bug reports. + + +Martin K. Petersen, The Gnome Project + |