Re: gdm stuff
- From: Martin Kasper Petersen <mkp socsci auc dk>
- To: "Dries, Joseph" <joseph dries lmco com>
- Cc: "'gnome-list gnome org'" <gnome-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: gdm stuff
- Date: 22 Jan 1999 22:03:44 +0100
>>>>> "Joseph" == Dries, Joseph <joseph.dries@lmco.com> writes:
Joseph> Not having run gdm yet, is there, or will there be, a method
Joseph> (either via file or a control-panel applet) that controls who
Joseph> is listed, who isn't, etc. like there is for kdm? That's quite
Joseph> powerful, IMHO. It allows you to specifically exclude entries
Joseph> in the passwd file (whether file-based or map-based NIS/NIS+,
Joseph> etc.). That way when you have a 6000-7000 entry passwd file
Joseph> you can allow all usernames, but you can remove project
Joseph> accounts, special daemon accounts, etc.
I've never seen kdm. However, it was my intention to support limiting
the browse list to one or more groups/netgroups.
--
Martin Kasper Petersen BOFH, IC1&2, Aalborg University, DK
mailto:mkp@SunSITE.auc.dk http://www.socsci.auc.dk/~mkp/
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