Antonio Vargas wrote:
On Apr 5, 2005 5:02 PM, Chris Ricker <kaboom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Ray Strode wrote:
Hi,
Just noticed that the new gdm in rawhide allows early logon before the
entire system is up. But as I read about it in the init script does not
actually allow users to logon until the entire system is up. My question
is what is the purpose of this if you can't logon when the screen
appears?
There are a number of advantages to starting gdm early.
1) no rhgb means we don't have to start two X servers during the boot
up process. This means faster bootup, less badness on bad hardware,
etc...
Is rhgb the one that show's a progress bar while starting services?
yes it is. Red Hat graphical boot
4) The user can type their username and password as soon as a login
screen appears, then walk away--get coffee whatever--and come back with
it all logged in.
Yeah great security unless the desktop stays locked by default ;)
you have typically home desktop users doing this and its not a security
concern for them.
regards
Rahul
