[solved]Re: Configuring the New GDM Greeter

[Fred Roller]

Alvin Thompson wrote:
> run this:
>
> $ sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type boolean 
> /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true
>
> and reboot.
>
> Thanks to everyone that chipped in,
> Alvin
>
>
> On 10/20/2009 10:46 AM, Alvin Thompson wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know if there's a way to configure the new GDM greeter to
>> not show a list of users?  The security policies for the government and
>> many companies forbid this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alvin
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
>   
Confirmation here.

Daily karmic build 20091020.  karmic-desktop-amd64.iso
Built fresh this morning on Aspire 7520 Athalonx2_64

prompts only for "login" and asks for name and password.

Nice job!

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Fred
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