Acknowledge consent before login

[Todd Denniston]

Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote, On 07/16/2008 04:25 PM:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> g wrote:
>>> Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote:
>>>> I'm searching for a method to display a consent to monitoring 
>>>> statement on either GDM or KDM in Fedora 9.  I'm not tied into 
>>>> either display 
>>>
<SNIP>
> I've got it working for text logins like ssh but the problem is logging 
> in via GDM and/or KDM in a gui environment.  Users are required to 
> acknowledge the consent statement before logging in to the system.  
> Since gdm-simple-greeter is missing these days, what used to be simple 
> is now becoming a problem.
> 

Are you interpreting the requirement as a
"The user must actively press a button"  'acknowledge the consent statement'
or
"by continuing to log into this system you agree/understand the following" 
'acknowledge the consent statement'

if you are good with the second meaning then the Welcome setting in 
/etc/gdm/custom.conf is what you are looking for.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2007-December/msg01819.html

modulus:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-May/msg00087.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-May/msg00117.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-May/msg00104.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-May/msg00276.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-May/msg00289.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-May/msg00297.html



on F8 in /etc/gdm/custom.conf I had to set

  [greeter]
Use24Clock=yes
DefaultWelcome=false
Welcome=our\\n\\n- multi line message
BackgroundType=1
GraphicalTheme=circles
Browser=false

to get something reasonable.  I have not bothered with F9 yet as the whole 
thing looks like a mess yet.
Please let us know if this gets you where you need to be.

-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter