Man 8 gdm3

GDM3.8(8) Debian GNU/Linux GDM3.8(8)

NAME

      gdm3 - GNOME Display Manager

SYNOPSIS

      gdm3

DESCRIPTION

      gdm3 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)