Re: rh6.0 and the new xdm like login screen

["Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose ex-pressnet com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Ekle <rekle yahoo com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Cc: <bchand squashduck com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: rh6.0 and the new xdm like login screen


>
>
> --- "Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose ex-pressnet com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I just found a feature with the new login screen,
> > one is anonying the
> > > other is a severe security flaw in my opinion.
> > >
> > > 1) why can you not set your default windowmangaer
> > to what ever you want,
> > > or can you?  If so how?
> > >
> >
> > Edit the XDM files and you can enable a menu that
> > allows you to select the
> > windowmanager on the fly...
> >
>
> OK, so where are the XDM files and where is the
> documentation on their format so I can edit them.
> (This is something I've been looking for too.)
>

Files: /etc/X11/xdm

Documentation: See docs for Xinit, X, etc.

If you want an easy solution use GDM, KDM or WDM (the latter two are my
favorite they so easy to configure...KDM even supplies a graphical control
panel where all you need to do is add the names of the other Window Managers
you want to appear on the list..)

-JMS