GDM3.8(8) Debian GNU/Linux GDM3.8(8)NAMEgdm3 - GNOME Display Manager
SYNOPSISgdm3DESCRIPTIONgdm3 is the equivalent of xdm(1x) or wdm(1x), but uses the GNOME
libraries to provide a GNOME look-and-feel. It provides the GNOME
equivalent of a "login:" prompt.
gdm3 reads /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf for its configuration. For each local
display, gdm starts an X server and runs a minimal GNOME session
including a graphical greeter. If configured so, the main gdm process
also listens for XDMCP requests from remote displays. These requests
can either be direct, causing gdm3 to start a session on the remote
display, or indirect, causing a chooser to be opened.
When managing a display, gdm3 attempts to execute
/etc/gdm3/Init/display, or /etc/gdm3/Init/Default if that does not
exist. When a user logs in, gdm3 first attempts
/etc/gdm3/PreSession/display (or /etc/gdm3/PreSession/Default), and
then one of the sessions defined in /usr/share/xsessions. When the
session has completed, gdm attempts to run
/etc/gdm3/PostSession/display, or /etc/gdm3/PostSession/Default.
gdm3 maintains information about the displays it is managing in
/var/lib/gdm3. This includes xauth information, so this directory is
not readable to normal users.
gdm3 uses PAM to perform authentication using the config file
/etc/pam.d/gdm3.
AUTHOR
Martin Kasper Petersen <mkp@SunSITE.auc.dk>
This manual page written by Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org> for
Debian GNU/Linux. Updated by RaphaA~Xl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>,
Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org> and Josselin Mouette
<joss@debian.org>.
GNOME 2.30 2011-04-20 GDM3.8(8)