GDM auto-login

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

William Jon McCann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Clyde E. Kunkel
> <clydekunkel7734 at cox.net> wrote:
>> Dejan Čabrilo wrote:
>>
>>> Since there is no gdmsetup in rawhide, what's the alternative to
>>> allowing autologin of a user?
>>>
>>> P.S. I'm sorry if this question was already answered, I couldn't find
>>> it.
>>> P.P.S. When do we expect a replacement for gdmsetup?
>>>
>>>
>>  as root, edit /etc/gdm/gdm-schemas
>>  and make your changes in this section:
>>
>>  <schema>
>>       <key>daemon/TimedLoginEnable</key>
>>       <signature>b</signature>
>>       <default>true</default>         <====change to true
>>     </schema>
>>     <schema>
>>       <key>daemon/TimedLogin</key>
>>       <signature>s</signature>
>>       <default>yourusername</default> <====your user name
>>     </schema>
>>     <schema>
>>       <key>daemon/TimedLoginDelay</key>
>>       <signature>i</signature>
>>       <default>10</default>      <===how long you want to wait (seconds)
>>     </schema>
>>
>>  There is a web page somewhere with more information.  try googling gdmsetup
> 
> You don't want to do it that way.  These schemas are used by the
> program to interpret the values stored in /etc/gdm/custom.conf.
> You'll want to put your changes into custom.conf.
> 
> Something like:
> [daemon]
> TimedLoginEnable=true
> TimedLogin=you
> 
> A bit more information here:
> http://live.gnome.org/GDM/2.22/Configuration
> 
> Jon
> 

This is much better and the web page is the one I couldn't find earlier. 
  Thanks.

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