[9d2dc4e2] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY gdm-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.6/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gdm-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.6/gdm-&gdm-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gdm-size "2.9 MB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gdm-buildsize "54 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gdm-time "0.65 SBU">
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| 12 |
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[91557b0] | 15 | <sect1 id="gdm" xreflabel="GDM-&gdm-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gdm.html"?>
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| 17 | <title>GDM-&gdm-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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[9d2dc4e2] | 19 | <sect2>
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| 20 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application></title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <para>The <application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application> package
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| 23 | contains <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>'s Display Manager daemon. This is
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| 24 | useful for allowing configurable graphical logins.</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 27 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 28 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 29 | url="&gdm-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 30 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 31 | url="&gdm-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 32 | <listitem><para>Download size: &gdm-size;</para></listitem>
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| 33 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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| 34 | &gdm-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 36 | &gdm-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 37 | </sect3>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <sect3><title><application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
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| 40 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 41 | <para>
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| 42 | <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
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| 43 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/> and
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| 44 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/>
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| 45 | </para></sect4>
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| 46 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | <xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
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| 49 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/> and
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| 50 | <ulink url="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">SELinux</ulink>
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| 51 | </para></sect4>
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| 52 | </sect3>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | </sect2>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <sect2>
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| 57 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application></title>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para>Install <application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application> by running the following commands:</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd gdm &&
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| 62 | useradd -c gdm -d /dev/null -g gdm -s /bin/bash gdm &&
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| 63 | ./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
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| 64 | --libexecdir=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/sbin \
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| 65 | --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --localstatedir=/var/lib \
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| 66 | --with-pam-prefix=/etc &&
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| 67 | make &&
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| 68 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | </sect2>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <sect2>
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| 73 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This command puts
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| 76 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> instead of
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| 77 | <filename class="directory">/opt/gnome2/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This command
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| 80 | puts files in <filename class="directory">/var/lib</filename> instead of
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| 81 | <filename class="directory">/opt/gnome2/var</filename>.</para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para><parameter>--with-pam-prefix=/etc</parameter>: This command puts
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| 84 | <application><acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
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| 85 | configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/pam.d</filename> instead of
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| 86 | <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename>.</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | </sect2>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <sect2>
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| 91 | <title>Configuring <application>GDM</application></title>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 94 | <para><filename>gdm.conf</filename></para>
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| 95 | </sect3>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>The <application>GDM</application> <application>PAM</application>
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| 100 | config files contain modules not present in a <acronym>BLFS</acronym>
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| 101 | installation. The following commands will replace those files:</para>
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| 102 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm << "EOF"</command>
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| 103 | auth required pam_unix.so
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| 104 | auth required pam_nologin.so
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| 105 | account required pam_unix.so
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| 106 | password required pam_unix.so
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| 107 | session required pam_unix.so
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| 108 | <command>EOF
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| 109 | cat > /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin << "EOF"</command>
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| 110 | auth required pam_env.so
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| 111 | auth required pam_nologin.so
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| 112 | auth required pam_permit.so
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| 113 | account required pam_unix.so
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| 114 | password required pam_unix.so
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| 115 | session required pam_unix.so
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| 116 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para><command>gdm</command> can be tested by executing it from a root console.</para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <para>To start a graphical login at boot, install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/gdm</filename>
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| 121 | init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-gdm</command></userinput></screen>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>To autostart with a graphical login, edit
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| 126 | <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> so that the line containing:</para>
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| 127 | <screen>id:3:initdefault:</screen>
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| 128 | <para>is changed to:</para>
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| 129 | <screen>id:5:initdefault:</screen>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | </sect3>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | </sect2>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <sect2>
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| 136 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para>The <application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application> package contains
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| 139 | <command>gdm</command>,
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| 140 | <command>gdm-binary</command>,
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| 141 | <command>gdmXnest</command>,
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| 142 | <command>gdmXnestchooser</command>,
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| 143 | <command>gdmchooser</command>,
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| 144 | <command>gdmflexiserver</command>,
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| 145 | <command>gdmgreeter</command>,
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| 146 | <command>gdmlogin</command>,
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| 147 | <command>gdmphotosetup</command>,
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| 148 | <command>gdmsetup</command>,
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| 149 | <command>gdmthemetester</command>,
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| 150 | <command>gdm-restart</command>,
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| 151 | <command>gdm-safe-restart</command>,
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| 152 | <command>gdm-stop</command>,
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| 153 | <command>gdmconfig</command>,
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| 154 | <command>gdmopen</command> and
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| 155 | <command>gdmtranslate</command>.</para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | </sect2>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <sect3><title>gdm</title>
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| 162 | <para><command>gdm</command> is a wrapper script to execute the
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| 163 | <application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application> binary, the configurable
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| 164 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> based login prompt.</para></sect3>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <sect3><title>gdmchooser</title>
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| 167 | <para><command>gdmchooser</command> is an application for selecting
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| 168 | <acronym>XDMCP</acronym> enabled hosts on
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| 169 | the local network.</para></sect3>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <sect3><title>gdmsetup</title>
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| 172 | <para><command>gdmsetup</command> is a graphical interface to edit the
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| 173 | <filename>gdm.conf</filename>.</para></sect3>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <sect3><title>gdm-restart and gdm-safe-restart</title>
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| 176 | <para><command>gdm-restart</command> sends the <acronym>HUP</acronym>
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| 177 | signal and <command>gdm-safe-restart</command> sends the
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| 178 | <acronym>USR</acronym>1 signal to the
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| 179 | <application><acronym>GDM</acronym></application>daemon so that it restarts. They are used after the
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| 180 | config file is edited.</para></sect3>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <sect3><title>gdmconfig</title>
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| 183 | <para><command>gdmconfig</command> is an application for managing the configuration of the
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| 184 | entire <application>GDM</application> applications suite. It handles look and feel, security,
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| 185 | <acronym>XDMCP</acronym>, GDMchooser and more.</para></sect3>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | </sect2>
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[91557b0] | 188 |
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| 189 | </sect1>
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| 190 |
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