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gdm simple-greeter config fails, squeeze amd64

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robspop
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gdm simple-greeter config fails, squeeze amd64

#1 Post by robspop »

I want to set the login to the old default of having to enter a username, then a password. I've tried to use the configuration editor to achieve this and have ticked the "disable-user-list" option under /apps/gdm/simple-greeter but it makes no difference, the greeter still starts with a user list. It appears that the default value of TRUE for this function is overriding my choice, but I'm not sure why. My next step appears to be to edit /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults to change the default value. I haven't actually tried that yet so not sure if it would work but, even if it does, it doesn't seem a very elegant way of setting this up.

Is there some simple way of changing the behaviour back to asking for username first?

I seem to remember the whole login process as being more configurable than it is now, with options to choose backgrounds, allow root access, etc, but I can't find any of that. system->administration->login_screen only gives a choice between selecting a user or automatic login of a particular user, with no further options available.

On a general note, would the old method not be a more secure default than presenting an unauthorised user with a list of login id's to be tried?

Thanks,

Paul.

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Re: gdm simple-greeter config fails, squeeze amd64

#2 Post by mzilikazi »

No GDM to look at right now but if you want to revert to the default behavior you can simply reinstall GDM.

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apt-get install --reinstall gdm
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Re: gdm simple-greeter config fails, squeeze amd64

#3 Post by craigevil »

Wow screw gdm3, gdm is relatively light and doesn't have many Gnome depends. gdm3 on the other hand:

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 apt-get install gdm3
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gnome-mime-data gnome-session-bin gvfs libatasmart4 libavahi-glib1
  libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common
  libdevkit-power-gobject1 libgdu0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomevfs2-0
  libgnomevfs2-common libpanel-applet2-0 libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libsgutils2-2
  libupower-glib1 libxklavier16 policykit-1-gnome udisks upower
Suggested packages:
  libpam-gnome-keyring metacity gnome-mag gnome-orca gok gvfs-backends
  libbonobo2-bin libgnomevfs2-bin fam sg3-utils mdadm cryptsetup
Recommended packages:
  xserver-xephyr xnest at-spi gnome-power-manager gnome-settings-daemon
  libgnomevfs2-extra
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  canabix-gdm-smoke gdm gdm-themes
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gdm3 gnome-mime-data gnome-session-bin gvfs libatasmart4 libavahi-glib1
  libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common
  libdevkit-power-gobject1 libgdu0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomevfs2-0
  libgnomevfs2-common libpanel-applet2-0 libpolkit-gtk-1-0 libsgutils2-2
  libupower-glib1 libxklavier16 policykit-1-gnome udisks upower
0 upgraded, 24 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Re: gdm simple-greeter config fails, squeeze amd64

#4 Post by robspop »

I could go back to gdm but I've resorted instead to the simpler expedient of editing /etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults and uncommenting the lines that change the behaviour. It now does what I want it to. It's also possible to specify a different background and even, apparently, a theme in the config file. I've seen several posts saying it can't be configured at all but it looks like this is not true, it's just not via a user-friendly interface.

The defaults are obviously only overridden if the config file changes - probably using config edit should do this but it doesn't, which is a minor bug I think.

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