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?
I want too know the answer for this question.
I tried solve this for long time, but I couldn't.
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Frank Cox theatre@sasktel.net 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?
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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?
I don't know how to sort them - it looks like they are by uid. But to select what users are displayed, try System --> Administration --> Login Window --> Users.
Mikkel
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:28:45 -0600 Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
I don't know how to sort them - it looks like they are by uid. But to select what users are displayed, try System --> Administration --> Login Window --> Users.
I don't have that. My System-Administration menu goes right from "Logical volume management" to "Network". What program does System-Administration-Login Window-Users run?
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:58:50 -0600 Frank Cox wrote:
I don't have that. My System-Administration menu goes right from "Logical volume management" to "Network". What program does System-Administration-Login Window-Users run?
Turns out to have been a false alarm. Mikkel was looking at a F8 machine, which has gdmsetup and, of course, F9 and F10 don't.
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.
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.
Kevin Kofler
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
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
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.
On 26/01/09 10:34, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote:
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
Thanks Tom:)
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.
PS It was kinda 'cause it was a new post really...
While this is the hard way to hide accounts, it does work to hide accounts that have uids > 500. If you can just change the uid to something between 100 and 500 you can avoid all of this.
This is absolutely a hack so you'll have to repeat some of it each time gdm is updated. You should probably read through this whole post and make sure you want to go through this much effort before you start.
First, you'll need to have rpm-build and development tools installed. Easiest is probably to do: # as root yum groupinstall "Development Tools" yum install rpm-build
Set up an RPM build environment on your PC. If you don't know how try this: Assuming your user name is george... # As your user account, not root... mkdir /home/george/rpm echo "%_topdir /home/george/rpm" > /home/george/.rpmmacros echo "%dist .fc10.george" >> /home/george/.rpmmacros
Get and install the source rpm. # This will need to be done each time gdm is updated #again, as your user and not as root yumdownloader --source twinkle --destdir /tmp rpm -i /tmp/gdm-2.24.1-4.fc10.src.rpm # (assuming that version # is still current)
Check if you have all of the packages needed to build your own version of gdm: rpmbuild -bp /home/george/rpm/SPECS/gdm.spec If you are missing any it will tell you. You'll have to install them in order to build your own gdm which hides accounts.
Create and edit ~/rpm/SOURCES/gdm-2.24.1-hide-user.patch using this text as a template: --- gdm-2.24.1-orig/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-user-manager.c 2009-04-08 17:39:32.000000000 -0500 +++ gdm-2.24.1/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-user-manager.c 2009-04-08 17:40:21.000000000 -0500 @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ "rpm", "nfsnobody", "pcap", + "hideuser", NULL } struct GdmUserManagerPrivate
Replace "hideuser" with the user name you want to hide. If you want to hide multiple users, do two things... add more lines like the one for "hideuser" and 2nd, edit the string @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ and add one to the 7 for each extra user. So if you hide 4 users, that line would look like: @@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
EVERYTHING FROM HERE DOWN WILL NEED TO BE DONE EACH TIME YOU UPDATE GDM AND YOUR HIDDEN USER ACCOUNTS RE-APPEAR AT LOGIN.
Next edit the gdm.spec (in ~/rpm/SOURCES) and: * At around line 90 there will be several lines starting with Patch##. Add your own between Patch14 and Patch99 like: Patch40:gdm-2.24.1-hide-user.patch * At about line 115 are several lines starting with %patch. Add your own between %patch14 and %patch99 like: %patch40 -p1 -b .hide-user
Save your updated .spec file and build your new gdm .rpm. # as your user account and not as root rpmbuild -ba ~/rpm/SPECS/gdm.spec
If all goes well you'll have an installable rpm under ~/rpm/RPMS/i386 now. Install as root: su -c "rpm -Uvh /home/george/rpm/RPMS/i386/gdm-2.24.1-4.fc10.george.i386.rpm"
jask wrote:
While this is the hard way to hide accounts, it does work to hide accounts that have uids > 500. If you can just change the uid to something between 100 and 500 you can avoid all of this.
This is absolutely a hack so you'll have to repeat some of it each time gdm is updated. You should probably read through this whole post and make sure you want to go through this much effort before you start.
[much snippage]
Create and edit ~/rpm/SOURCES/gdm-2.24.1-hide-user.patch using this text as a template: --- gdm-2.24.1-orig/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-user-manager.c 2009-04-08 17:39:32.000000000 -0500 +++ gdm-2.24.1/gui/simple-greeter/gdm-user-manager.c 2009-04-08 17:40:21.000000000 -0500 @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ "rpm", "nfsnobody", "pcap", + "hideuser", NULL } struct GdmUserManagerPrivate
Replace "hideuser" with the user name you want to hide. If you want to hide multiple users, do two things... add more lines like the one for "hideuser" and 2nd, edit the string @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ and add one to the 7 for each extra user. So if you hide 4 users, that line would look like: @@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
EVERYTHING FROM HERE DOWN WILL NEED TO BE DONE EACH TIME YOU UPDATE GDM AND YOUR HIDDEN USER ACCOUNTS RE-APPEAR AT LOGIN.
Since this was driving me quietly insane on F11, I put together the following patch that, if it's present, reads GDMCONFDIR/excluded, and excludes any users listed in there.
Nabble is likely to mangle it if I paste it in, so I've put the patch up at http://www.eridani.co.uk/gdmfix/gdm-2.26.1-excludes.patch - this is against the latest update for F11.
It probably doesn't conform to the GDM coding style, and is quite an ugly hack, but it works for me.
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