updates

Wed Jul 16 15:09:43 2003  George Lebl <jirka@5z.com>

	* NEWS, README, README.install: updates

	* daemon/display.c, daemon/gdm.c, daemon/xdmcp.c: Fix current session
	  counting.  Could possibly raise the maximal session count.  Also
	  rename the sessions and pending vars to xdmcp_sessions and
	  xdmcp_pending.  During shutdown don't close xdmcp stuff if it's not
	  enabled.  Close xdmcp if enabled on all possible forks from the
	  main daemon.  Don't quit the main loop from the child handling
	  callback as it's not needed

	* daemon/xdmcp.c: complain to the log file if limits are reached

	* daemon/slave.c: in the slave child handler, make sure the euid
	  is set to 0 so that we can really kill things we want to kill

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 00a2aefd..c952fbb0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 
 		    GDM - GNOME DISPLAY MANAGER
 
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
+ Note: For instructions how to install read README.install
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 The Gnome Display Manager is a re-implementation of the well known xdm
-program. 
-
-gdm 2.4 implements all significant features required for managing
+program.  GDM 2.4 implements all significant features required for managing
 local and remote displays.
 
 gdm daemon:
@@ -13,37 +14,45 @@ 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
+ o Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
+ o XDMCP (Remote login)
+ o TCP Wrappers for access control (for XDMCP)
  o Autologin for single user workstations
  o Timed login for kiosks and public terminals
+ o On demand local servers
+ o Can manage X servers without a login window
+   (Such as for XDMCP terminal client machines)
+ o Many other features ...
 
 gdmlogin:
 
  o Logo image
  o Background image/color
- o Halt and reboot
- o Iconified login window
+ o Halt, reboot, suspend
+ o Can launch the XDMCP chooser
+ o Can launch the Setup program
  o Session selection support
  o Language selection support
- o GNOME session selection support
  o Face browser
  o Background program support
  o Xinerama support
 
 gdmgreeter:
 
- o Themes
- o Halt and reboot
+ o Fully themable
+ o Halt, reboot, suspend
+ o Can launch the XDMCP chooser
+ o Can launch the Setup program
  o Session selection support
  o Language selection support
- o GNOME session selection support
+ o Face browser (if in the theme)
  o Xinerama support
 
 gdmchooser:
 
+ o XDMCP
  o Visual host browser 
+ o Type in extra host names
  o Customizable icons
 
 gdmsetup:
@@ -71,13 +80,11 @@ George
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Note:
 
-Originally I started maintaing gdm2 because martin didn't yet finish gdm3
-and was in general busy and we needed a working gdm for 1.4.  But so much
-work and new features have gone into gdm2 that perhaps the migration to
-gdm3 will not happen.  Though it may be nice to integrate the good ideas
-from gdm3 into this codebase and I'll be looking at that.  Do not send
-gdm2 patches to martin (well you can but he'll likely ignore them:), send
-them to me or Lee instead and I'll integrate them for you.
+Originally I started maintaing gdm2 because martin didn't yet finish gdm3 and
+was in general busy and we needed a working gdm for 1.4.  The move to gdm3 is
+very unlikely to happen nowdays and gdm2 as gdm3 has been pretty dead for quite
+a while.  Do not send gdm2 patches to martin (well you can but he'll likely
+ignore them:), send them to me instead and I'll integrate them for you.
 
 -George <jirka@5z.com>
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