Re: [gdm-list] Need help using remote login

[Andrew Ziem <andrewz springsrescuemission org>]

maK ruStiKo wrote:
> Hello!! ;
> My english is not so good but i'll try to ask you something..
> I'm doing a Thin Client (no hard disk machines) system using GDM for 
> client connection
> in a server that uses Fedora Core 4.
> My idea is that these clients can log with an "Auto login" or
> "Timed Login" using her machine name as USERNAME.
> I started to think that i could try to type something like this in 
> gdm.conf:
> ...
> TimedLoginEnable=true
> TimedLogin=/usr/local/bin/autologin.sh|
> TimedLoginDelay=5
> ...
> But i really dont know which kind of script living in the server
> would return the HOSTNAME of the client!!
> If you have some idea for me please tell me to this address
>  or post it in some kind of blog.
See this page:
http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WorkInProgress#Public_and_private_use_of_the_wo

Also, note that if you upgrade to Fedora Core 5, it includes GDM 2.14.x, 
and you'll need at least 2.14.6 for automatic login to work correctly.  
(However, Fedora Core 5's GDM is not affected by the bug.)


Andrew