On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:29:39PM +1300, Morgan Read wrote: > > Hi Folks > > I've just set up a user account for our scanner - no the scanner will > never login at GDM (will ftp in). So, after much gnashing of teeth, > I've given it a uid/gid of 350 so that it doesn't show up in the GDM > login (it seem the only way to hid a user account is to give it a > uid/gid below 500). How long before this rash move turns my machine > into a smoking pile of ash? > > Thanks all, > Morgan. > > On 13/12/08 14:21, Craig White wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 02:03 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > >> Frank Cox wrote: > >>> Is there any way to remove a user's name from the list on the initial gdm > >>> login screen? > >>> Related: Is there a way to reorganize the names? For example, if the > >>> list has Fred at the top and Sally under that, can the order be reversed > >>> so Sally is on top? > >>> Scaling back my question again, does anyone know how to set the default > >>> username that is initially selected when gdm starts? So if it's Fred's > >>> machine he doesn't always have to move the pointer off of Sally first > >>> before he logs in. > >> I'd suggest trying KDM, which can actually be configured. > >> > >> su - > >> yum install kdebase-workspace > >> echo 'DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"' >/etc/sysconfig/desktop > >> reboot > >> > >> (That's really "KDE" there, not "KDM".) > >> If you want to make sure GNOME is the default desktop, you can add: > >> echo 'DESKTOP="GNOME"' >>/etc/sysconfig/desktop > >> Likewise, DESKTOP="KDE" makes KDE the systemwide default. > >> > >> Then you can set up KDM through systemsettings (the KDE configuration tool). > >> > >> You may lose some GNOME integration though (e.g. fast user switching), > >> because obviously KDM was primarily designed for KDE. > > ---- > > +1 for KDM > > > > I've been able to edit themes rather simply and get some nice custom > > login screens and company backgrounds. > > > > Craig > You should be fine. Adding a pseudo user with a UID less than 500 and greater than 100 is fine. Even smolt and pulseaudio does it. As for top posting... that can cause you much more pain. -- Regards, T o m M i t c h e l l -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
