[gdm-list] dbus, greeter and panel

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Hello.

I didn't managed to find some basic information (besides source code itself :)
regarding gdm - could you help me to clarify?

- - As far as I understood greeter talks with gdm daemon via dbus.
Is there .xml specification for this interface somewhere?

- - Does greeter also draw panel or it's a separate application with different dbus
interface?

- - Who actually decides to start logon process? I mean greeter is a dumb program
conveying login credentials to gdm for decisions or it's a greeter which command gdm
to initiate logon procedure?

- - Is it possible to display panel with all the menus but do NOT ask user for
password? Kind of autologon but after user have pressed single "ok, proceed" button.

Please note - last 2 questions are related - I'm not asking if that's possible with
current implementation, I'm curious if interface(s) between greeter\panel and gdm are
sufficient for this use-case?

Also there are files gdm/gui/simple-greeter/test-* which I presume allow to test
easier for changes in greeter without constant login\logout. Is there how-to
somewhere on how to use them?

Links to rtfms are appreciated as well :)

best regards,
Max.
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