Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
If anyone really needs to do this, there is a patch in the gdm srpm called plymoth.patch that changes the parameters. It's located on line 225. If you change that to what you need and recompile it, it should work. Not that I recommend this... Regards, Stephen Jamieson -Original Message- From: Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, 5.4.4.4 Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:17 PM To: 'centos@centos.org' Subject: centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf such as [server-Standard] name=Standard server command=/usr/bin/Xorg -br -audit 4 -s 15 chooser=false handled=true flexible=true priority=0 After this change, Xorg would run with the -br -audit 4 -s 15 options. Unfortunately in CentOS6 this is not the case. It completely ignores anything put into custom.conf as far as I can tell. It appears to run with -nr -verbose -auth -nolisten tcp by default. Is there any way to modify this? Regards, Stephen Jamieson ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
- Original Message - | In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in | /etc/gdm/custom.conf such as | | [server-Standard] | name=Standard server | command=/usr/bin/Xorg -br -audit 4 -s 15 | chooser=false | handled=true | flexible=true | priority=0 | | After this change, Xorg would run with the -br -audit 4 -s 15 options. | | Unfortunately in CentOS6 this is not the case. It completely ignores | anything put into custom.conf as far as I can tell. It appears to run | with -nr -verbose -auth -nolisten tcp by default. Is there any way to | modify this? | | Regards, | | Stephen Jamieson much of this functionality has moved into the gconf2 stuff so you use gconf2 to disable things like user visibility and such things -- James A. Peltier IT Services - Research Computing Group Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-6573 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : jpelt...@sfu.ca Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices http://blogs.sfu.ca/people/jpeltier ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Friday, July 22, 2011 02:10:22 PM Tom H wrote: >> >> You can use "sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 >> /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list --set --type=boolean true" >> because the "gdm" user controls the login screen but the above works >> too because it makes that setting default for all users. You can also >> make it mandatory with "gconftool-2 --config-source >> xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory >> /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list --set --type=boolean true". > > Thanks for the full syntax; even though this is one of the first things > I do on all new installs. > > Since my normal use machine runs KDE, and I use KDM on it, it's > not something that I have to deal with on my own box You're welcome. I've given up on GNOME (even Unity) for this and other reasons. KDE just feels too alien so I'm using LXDE or Fluxbox... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, 5.4.4.4 wrote: > >> Those options are no longer supported in GDM. I think that they were >> removed with GDM 2.24 (at the latest, probably 2.22) and C6 is running >> GDM 2.30. > > That is unfortunate... I suppose I will just have to ignore this issue > then. > >> in "/etc/gdm/custom.conf" to override the "-nolisten tcp" but I have >> no idea about "-br -audit 4 -s 15". > > Thanks for your help. I really wish someone know where I could edit > those parameters. You're welcome. I've just tried to poke around and find out how but didn't get anywhere... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: >> On Friday, July 22, 2011 12:22:31 PM Gerhard Schneider wrote: >>> >>> Using gdm is getting harder and harder but you can try: And in kde, menu->settings->system settings->advanced->login manager. I haven't logged out yet to test it, but this looks like the answer. mark, likes gnome less than kde ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Friday, July 22, 2011 02:10:22 PM Tom H wrote: > You can use "sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 > /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list --set --type=boolean true" > because the "gdm" user controls the login screen but the above works > too because it makes that setting default for all users. You can also > make it mandatory with "gconftool-2 --config-source > xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory > /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list --set --type=boolean true". Thanks for the full syntax; even though this is one of the first things I do on all new installs (whether CentOS, Fedora, or even Ubuntu; anything using gdm), I always seem to have to look it up and Akemi's page is one of my bookmarks for that reason Since my normal use machine runs KDE, and I use KDM on it, it's not something that I have to deal with on my own box ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:29 PM, wrote: > In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the ability >>> >>> And that makes it inappropriate for US gov't work (violates official >>> std), and actually anywhere that you have a concern about security. >> >> It's pretty weird that RH didn't change the GNOME upstream default of >> exposing the usernames. I presume that RH doesn't care about the > Alan Bartlett filed a bug report upstream and you can see their response: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666220 Wonder if it's worthwhile asking my boss to try to reopen the bug, given that a) he's a federal employee, and b) does have authority for what runs in this division mark, speaking only for myself, not my employer nor the US Federal gov't ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Friday, July 22, 2011 12:22:31 PM Gerhard Schneider wrote: >> >> Using gdm is getting harder and harder but you can try: >> >> gconftool-2 --direct \ >> --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults \ >> --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true >> >> There are many features available via gconftool-2 or gconf-editor only. > > Some are only available if you run them as the right user, as well. > If I'm not mistaken, for gdm that would be the user 'gdm'. > So you need to run that above as user gdm with su -c $command gdm > or similar. You can use "sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list --set --type=boolean true" because the "gdm" user controls the login screen but the above works too because it makes that setting default for all users. You can also make it mandatory with "gconftool-2 --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list --set --type=boolean true". ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:29 PM, wrote: >>> In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: >>> configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my >>> (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the >>> silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the ability >> >> And that makes it inappropriate for US gov't work (violates official std), >> and actually anywhere that you have a concern about security. > > It's pretty weird that RH didn't change the GNOME upstream default of > exposing the usernames. I presume that RH doesn't care about the > desktop enough in an enterprise setting. It's easy enough to change > with a gconftool-2 invocation but "even" Apple allows its users to > switch from a "click on an icon/name" login to a "type your name" > login within the OS X GUI. The GNOME developers' choices are difficult > to understand, IMHO. Alan Bartlett filed a bug report upstream and you can see their response: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666220 I put together a short instruction on how to change the default behavior: http://blog.toracat.org/2011/01/gnome-login-shows-all-valid-user-accounts-disable-it/ ... and Tom H kindly added his note. :-) Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Friday, July 22, 2011 12:22:31 PM Gerhard Schneider wrote: > Using gdm is getting harder and harder but you can try: > > gconftool-2 --direct \ > --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults \ > --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true > > There are many features available via gconftool-2 or gconf-editor only. Some are only available if you run them as the right user, as well. If I'm not mistaken, for gdm that would be the user 'gdm'. So you need to run that above as user gdm with su -c $command gdm or similar. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
> In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: > configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my > (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the > silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the > ability to assign your own wallpaper to the login screen, among other > things. Using gdm is getting harder and harder but you can try: gconftool-2 --direct \ --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults \ --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true There are many features available via gconftool-2 or gconf-editor only. GS -- Gerhard Schneider Institute of Lightweight Design and e-Mail: g...@ilsb.tuwien.ac.at Structural Biomechanics (E317) Tel.: +43 664 60 588 3171 Vienna University of Technology / Austria Fax:+43 1 58801 31799 A-1040 Wien, Gusshausstrasse 27-29 http://www.ilsb.tuwien.ac.at/~gs/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
> Those options are no longer supported in GDM. I think that they were > removed with GDM 2.24 (at the latest, probably 2.22) and C6 is running > GDM 2.30. That is unfortunate... I suppose I will just have to ignore this issue then. > in "/etc/gdm/custom.conf" to override the "-nolisten tcp" but I have > no idea about "-br -audit 4 -s 15". Thanks for your help. I really wish someone know where I could edit those parameters. Regards, Stephen Jamieson ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:17:10 -0400 fred smith wrote: > In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: > configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my > (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the > silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the > ability to assign your own wallpaper to the login screen, among other > things. There is a gconf setting to turn off the list of users. I've haven't tried it under CentOS 6, but it works under Fedora 14. I don't know how to fix the wallpaper except by changing the picture behind RPM's back. Or, up until F14, I was using a recompiled version of the CentOS 5 gdm rpm---that might work for C6. Fortunately, the C6 wallpaper is good enough that I don't feel compelled to tweak it. > In some releases you can hack your way around whatever the missing > feature is that you're missing by using gconf-editor, in others you > can't. The user list preference was broken for all of Fedora 13. Blech. There is a long open gnome bus to restore the gdm setting tool that went away around 2.22. The chances of having it back for gnome 2 are vanishingly small. I'm not holding my breath for the gnome 3 version either. > So, my guess is that RHEL/Centos 6 has inherited the later Gnome > "features" that have removed the feature you want. It's a sad day when Mac OS X is easier to customize than a Linux system. Jim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:29 PM, wrote: > fred smith wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 02:17:28PM -0400, Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, >> 5.4.4.4 wrote: >> >>> In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in >>> /etc/gdm/custom.conf such as >> >> In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: >> configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my >> (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the >> silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the ability > > And that makes it inappropriate for US gov't work (violates official std), > and actually anywhere that you have a concern about security. It's pretty weird that RH didn't change the GNOME upstream default of exposing the usernames. I presume that RH doesn't care about the desktop enough in an enterprise setting. It's easy enough to change with a gconftool-2 invocation but "even" Apple allows its users to switch from a "click on an icon/name" login to a "type your name" login within the OS X GUI. The GNOME developers' choices are difficult to understand, IMHO. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, 5.4.4.4 wrote: > > In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf > such as > > [server-Standard] > name=Standard server > command=/usr/bin/Xorg -br -audit 4 -s 15 > chooser=false > handled=true > flexible=true > priority=0 > > After this change, Xorg would run with the -br -audit 4 -s 15 options. > > Unfortunately in CentOS6 this is not the case. It completely ignores anything > put into > custom.conf as far as I can tell. It appears to run with -nr -verbose -auth > -nolisten tcp > by default. Is there any way to modify this? Those options are no longer supported in GDM. I think that they were removed with GDM 2.24 (at the latest, probably 2.22) and C6 is running GDM 2.30. You can use [security] DisallowTCP=false in "/etc/gdm/custom.conf" to override the "-nolisten tcp" but I have no idea about "-br -audit 4 -s 15". "chooser=false" and "handled=true" are the default (as far as I remember what they stand for!); no idea about "flexible=true" (I can't remember what it stands is for!). ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
fred smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 02:17:28PM -0400, Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, > 5.4.4.4 wrote: >> In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in >> /etc/gdm/custom.conf such as >> > In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: > configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my > (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the > silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the ability And that makes it inappropriate for US gov't work (violates official std), and actually anywhere that you have a concern about security. > to assign your own wallpaper to the login screen, among other things. Ah, yes, creeping M$-ism. Just like the urge to make stuff look more and more like the Evil Empire from Redmond, without the *option* to look like bloody Linux. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 02:17:28PM -0400, Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, 5.4.4.4 wrote: > In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf > such as > > [server-Standard] > name=Standard server > command=/usr/bin/Xorg -br -audit 4 -s 15 > chooser=false > handled=true > flexible=true > priority=0 > > After this change, Xorg would run with the -br -audit 4 -s 15 options. > > Unfortunately in CentOS6 this is not the case. It completely ignores anything > put into custom.conf as far as I can tell. It appears to run with -nr > -verbose -auth -nolisten tcp by default. Is there any way to modify this? > > Regards, > > Stephen Jamieson In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the ability to assign your own wallpaper to the login screen, among other things. In some releases you can hack your way around whatever the missing feature is that you're missing by using gconf-editor, in others you can't. So, my guess is that RHEL/Centos 6 has inherited the later Gnome "features" that have removed the feature you want. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:17, Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, 5.4.4.4 wrote: > In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf > such as > > [server-Standard] > name=Standard server > command=/usr/bin/Xorg -br -audit 4 -s 15 > chooser=false > handled=true > flexible=true > priority=0 > > After this change, Xorg would run with the -br -audit 4 -s 15 options. > > Unfortunately in CentOS6 this is not the case. It completely ignores anything > put into custom.conf as far as I can tell. It appears to run with -nr > -verbose -auth -nolisten tcp by default. Is there any way to modify this? > I just installed CentOS 6 on Monday and at least the daemon section was honored: I have this: [daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=True AutomaticLogin=mythtv TimedLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=mythtv TimedLoginDelay=30 And my MythTV account logs in without delay on boot and after 30 seconds if you logout and leave the console idle. Deyan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:17:28 -0400 Jamieson, Stephen CTR Navair, 5.4.4.4 wrote: > Is there any way to modify this? There are some gdm settings in gconf-editor (yum install gconf-editor and run it as root) but I don't know how comprehensive they are. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
In CentOS5 you were able to create a server section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf such as [server-Standard] name=Standard server command=/usr/bin/Xorg -br -audit 4 -s 15 chooser=false handled=true flexible=true priority=0 After this change, Xorg would run with the -br -audit 4 -s 15 options. Unfortunately in CentOS6 this is not the case. It completely ignores anything put into custom.conf as far as I can tell. It appears to run with -nr -verbose -auth -nolisten tcp by default. Is there any way to modify this? Regards, Stephen Jamieson smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
