On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 06:29:29PM -0500, Brian Cameron wrote: > >Provided that it is possible for the installer(s) and user add tools to > >edit the configuration, yes. If not then... no. > > If the installer runs as a user which can modify the GDM configuration > file /etc/gdm/custom.conf with 644 root:sys permissions, then it can. > I'd think the installer would be able to do this.
That's fine. What I meant was: can the installer import that interface? And the answer is almost certainly yes. (For the user add tools there's also the question of locking around edits of /etc/gdm/custom.conf.) > >BTW, the cache did have one nice side-effect: you could see recently > >logged in, not just opted-in users, in the face browser. > > This would be the behavior if the new IncludeAll setting is false. In > this case ck-history is used to get the list of recently logged in > users to display. This would be the default setting on Solaris. If > the setting is changed to true, then GDM will use the heuristics to > add local users to the system. I like the first part and not the second, but I'll live. > The Include/Exclude options will simply filter the output of ck-history > so the users will still show up in recently logged in order when IncludeAll > is false. Awesome. Thanks. My concerns are all addressed. Thanks, Nico --
