Jim Cornette wrote:
Eric Brunson wrote:
Jim Cornette wrote:
I doubt this is intentional. It is a gnome program, so they might be
protecting us from our own desires. I've never attended a gnome
sermon, but it sure must be enlightening.
The changelog for gdm in development doe not state intentional
breakage via the gnome think tank. It only references early-login
improvements.
Try removing rhgb from the kernel parameter ling in grub and add
early-login instead.
rpm -q --changelog gdm |grep auto
- Make early-login work with timed and automatic logins
- automake14 really needed, not automake
- fix build with current auto*
- put gdm-autologin pam config file in file list, hope
- automatic rebuild
Jim
Thank you, Jim, for being a voice of reason. I should give the
benefit of the doubt before getting that annoyed.
I disabled rhgb and added early-login, that by itself didn't get past
the password requirement. Aren't there init scripts that early-login
requires? I'm having yum search for anything with "early" in it, but
no dice so far, I'll do some googling to make sure I'm not
overlooking something before filing a bugzilla.
I guess the change related to early-login does not track with the
password required problem.
Below are a few links related to early-login and what it is supposed
to accomplish.
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/27/182232
Which has a link to this thread.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2005-April/msg00416.html
The link shows a lot of scripts and the concept. Basically it is
regarding getting the GUI up before it is completely ready for usage.
Also, it relates to loading several processes at the same time instead
of process to process loading.
I use early-login but do not notice much difference. (Running
development from an FC5 upgraded system.
I searched with google with 'early-login and gdm' as a search term.
It would be wise to search bugzilla for the password bug. It is bound
to be filed.
The only security related problem that I see with gdm and auto-login
is if you allow X logins remotely using gdm. A person could log in
without the need for a password right into your account. I used
auto-login for awhile and then reverted to user and password entry.
Do you allow remote logins?
No, I don't, though I see how that could be a problem. I would expect
the auto login to only work on the console, but it'd me easy to make the
oversight.
For those interested, here's the bugzilla, filed by not me:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194776
