On April 29, 2004 19:11, Lanman wrote: ... > Ron; By the sounds of the desktop manager that you seem to be using > (KDE), you can log into your box as a normal user (ie; "Ron" ? ), then > open "KControl" (Start>System>Configuration>Configure Your Desktop), and > go to the section called (What Else?)"System" ! > > Open that section up, and find the section called "Login Manager". You > will see a button near the bottom called "Administrator". Click it, and > enter the password you originally used for the "root" user. > > Once inside of that, click on the tab called "Users". On the left, you > will see a section called "Show Users". Click on "Selected Only", and > then put an "X" in the box beside each user's name that you'd like to > see at the login panel. For security sake, leave all unneeded user's > unchecked. > > Click Apply in the lower right corner, and you're done. The next time > you boot it up, your Desktop Manager will show you the Login Panel like > you're used to seeing. > > Enjoy! > > Lanman
Ahh, that did the trick perfectly, and without switching display managers (I'm using the default, MdkKDM). Cool! Thanks for the tip. I guess I can see the rationale for hiding this from newbies. Once they've learned enough to be able to activate it, they're more likely to be able to use it safely. And while I was at it, I discovered how to put the focus on the password field. It always bugged me that it came up with the focus in the wrong place (on the login button, requiring me to either tab twice or mouse click to enter my password). Lots of other options in there I haven't even explored yet too. -- Ron Hunter-Duvar ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL.
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