
		    GDM - GNOME DISPLAY MANAGER

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 Note: For instructions how to install read README.install |
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 | For documentation see the website:
 | http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/
 | Or use the gnome help browser under GNOME|System.
 | The XML documentation is in docs/ and is in DocBook/XML
 | format so you can use docbook2html or docbook2pdf to
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The Gnome Display Manager is a re-implementation of the well known xdm
program.  GDM 2.4 implements all significant features required for managing
local and remote displays.

Configuration Stability:

The key/value pairs defined in the %{sysconfdir}/gdm/gdm.conf file is
considered a "stable" interface and should only change in ways that are
backwards compatible.

gdm daemon:

 o X Authentication
 o Default and per-display initialization scripts
 o Pre and post session scripts
 o Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
 o XDMCP (Remote login)
 o TCP Wrappers for access control (for XDMCP)
 o IPv6 support (optional, use --enable-ipv6=yes to get this)
 o Autologin for single user workstations
 o Timed login for kiosks and public terminals
 o On demand local servers
 o Can manage X servers without a login window
   (Such as for XDMCP terminal client machines)
 o Many other features ...

gdmlogin:

 o Logo image
 o Background image/color
 o Halt, reboot, suspend
 o Can launch the XDMCP chooser
 o Can launch the Setup program
 o Session selection support
 o Language selection support
 o Face browser
 o Background program support
 o Xinerama support

gdmgreeter:

 o Fully themable
 o Halt, reboot, suspend
 o Can launch the XDMCP chooser
 o Can launch the Setup program
 o Session selection support
 o Language selection support
 o Face browser (if in the theme)
 o Xinerama support

gdmchooser:

 o XDMCP
 o Visual host browser 
 o Type in extra host names
 o Customizable icons

gdmsetup:

 o GUI way to configure the more important aspects of GDM, the rest
   is configured by editing the config file

Most features can be turned on and off in the configuration file by
the sysadmin.

Availability:

   ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/


Please consult README.install for instructions on how to configure and
install gdm.

The GDM mail alias is gdm-list@gnome.org.  Archives can be found here:

   http://mail.gnome.org/archives/

Report bugs in gdm2 at http://bugzilla.gnome.org under the product "gdm".
Or mail Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron@Sun.Com> or George <jirka@5z.com>
with suggestions or other such things.

George
(based on original README by Martin K. Petersen)

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Note:

Originally I started maintaining gdm2 because martin didn't yet finish gdm3 and
was in general busy and we needed a working gdm for 1.4.  The move to gdm3 is
very unlikely to happen nowdays as gdm3 has been pretty dead for quite
a while.  Do not send gdm2 patches to martin (well you can but he'll likely
ignore them:), send them to me instead and I'll integrate them for you.

-George <jirka@5z.com>
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Note:

In January of 2005 George asked me to take over maintainership duties for
gdm2, so send patches to me and I will get them integrated.

-Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron@Sun.Com>
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