Petre Scheie wrote: > Andrew Ziem wrote: > >> Petre Scheie wrote: >> >>> Andrew Ziem wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Petre Scheie wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Andrew Ziem wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Petre Scheie wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Could you elaborate on how your script works? I tried it, using your >>>>>>> instructions, but >>>>>>> the login screen just says "User /usr/bin/autologin.pl| will login in >>>>>>> 30 seconds" and >>>>>>> when the 30 seconds runs out, the X server just restarts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Which version of GDM? While 2.12 worked fine, there has been a nasty >>>>>> autologin/timed login bug starting in GDM 2.14.0. I wrote a patch for >>>>>> the timed login which I think made it in for GDM 2.16.2. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340148 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Thanks Andrew. As it turns out, the problem was a typo in my >>>>> autologin.pl script. >>>>> However, with GDM, the script is run for all client machines, and those >>>>> that aren't set >>>>> up for autologin just restart the client's X server, which works but is >>>>> annoying to look >>>>> at. Do you know if there is any way in GDM to set the autologin so only >>>>> specified >>>>> client machines even try to autologin? With KDM I think this is possible >>>>> (haven't tried >>>>> it), but the greeter in KDM seems broken since any changes I make to that >>>>> don't show up >>>>> at the login screen. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Hi Peter, >>>> >>>> I basically use the same method described here on the wiki. The login >>>> script checks the hostname, and if it's an undesired hostname, it >>>> returns nothing. When the script returns nothing, GDM should disable >>>> the timed/automatic login systems. >>>> >>>> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WorkInProgress#Public_and_private_use_of_the_wo >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> My script does more or less the same thing, though it's not as elaborate. >>> At the login >>> screen I see a line in the greeter that says "User /usr/bin/autologin.pl| >>> will login in >>> X seconds". If it's a machine that should autologin, it does so; if it's a >>> machine that >>> should not autologin, it appears autologin.pl still runs but returns an >>> invalid ID, and >>> so then the greeter resets and it appears that the X server may be >>> resetting as well, >>> and then it repeats the process. What I'd like is for the autologin.pl >>> script to not >>> even run for those client machines that aren't setup for autologin, Is >>> this possible >>> with GDM? >>> >>> >> Welcome to Gnome bug 340148. Annoying, isn't it? :) That's exactly >> the problem for which I provided a patch, so either upgrade GDM to a >> patched version or apply the patch yourself. >> >> >> Andrew >> > > Okay, I just read the bug report (actually meant to do so yesterday when you > first sent > the link, but I had to leave work suddenly and forgot about it). So, it > sounds like > your patch fixes the cosmetics of the greeter saying 'User > /usr/bin/autologin.pl| will > login in X seconds", but doesn't fix the more fundamental problem that > autologin > shouldn't even be attempted on clients that don't have a config for it on the > server, > correct? That is, as you say in the bug report, GDM shouldn't even be trying > to > autologin staff machines, just those specified (the public clients), right? > > BTW, thanks for all your effort with Cameron and dealing with the problem so > far. > In the end, I fixed both the cosmetic and the functional problems, so now that timed login should be 100% OK, the remaining issue may be the automatic login which I have not even tested.
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