On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 04:32:22PM -1000, Chris Stark wrote: > Greetings, > > I found the solution back in Fedora 10. It's not exactly "user friendly"... > > All on one line: > > sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source > xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory -s --type=bool > /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true > I tried this on my F13 this afternoon and I've just spent an hour or more digging back out of the hole it left me in... After making that change and rebooting (reboot is probably overkill) it came back to the login screen with a gdm window ONE PIXEL WIDE. I couldn't figure out how to place the mouse so I could log in. NM is configured to bring up wireless when someone logs in, so that wouldn't work. but by sheer chance I had previously configured the wired network to come up on boot, so I could log in via ssh to poke around. I finally "fixed" it by renaming the directory /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory to something else then creating an empty dir of the same name. before renaming it, I could run gconf-editor (via remote login) but it claimed that 'disable_user_list' was read-only and wouldn't let me change it. :( So, it looks like either I was incredibly unlucky and accidentally tweaked something else I shouldn't have, or else this doesn't work on F13. I'd love to get rid of the user list. (one wonders: just because Windoze exposes all the users to anyone walking by, does that mean Linux therefore must do the same stupid thing?) Anyone else know how to turn off the user list on F13? Thanks! > The change should be instant... just log out and log back in. > > Fedora Devs: please take a cue from the Ubuntu camp and either use a > sane version of GDM or fix the atrocity that is the current shipping > version. Gconftool is even less friendly than Windows' Registry Editor. > > Aloha, > Chris > > On 08/31/2009 04:11 PM, jaivuk wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I tried it as well with the same negative result - it does not work. > > > >Steps I did: > > > >On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:22 AM, fred smith > ><fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > >wrote: > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:41:28PM +0100, M A Young wrote: > > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, jaivuk wrote: > > > > > > >Hello guys, > > > > > > > >I did not use gdm for some time and now I'm not happy how it > > looks in > > > >Fedora > > > >11. > > > >First of all - the list of local users is unacceptable from > > security > > > >reasons. Even if it supports such "an " option - how it can be > > the default > > > >one?! > > > > > > Having the user list on by default makes sense for a home PC that > > is only > > > going to be used by one or two users, and where security is less > > > important. There is a disable_user_list gconf option, see > > > > > http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/2.26/gdm.html#greeterconfiguration > > > > I just tried this on my F11 laptop, following the web page you suggest, > > and I got no change at all in behavior after a reboot,... it still > > displays the list of users. > > > > -- > > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----------------------------- > > "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting > > Father, > > Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be > > no end. He > > will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing > > and upholding > > it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." > > ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) > > ------------------------------ > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > Guidelines: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) ----------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
