Package: gdm (2.16.4-1)

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Maintainer:

Ryan Murray (QA Page)

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GNOME Display Manager

gdm provides the equivalent of a "login:" prompt for X displays- it pops up a login window and starts an X session.

It provides all the functionality of xdm, including XDMCP support for managing remote displays.

The greeting window is written using the GNOME libraries and hence looks like a GNOME application- even to the extent of supporting themes! By default, the greeter is run as an unprivileged user for security.

Tags: System Administration: Login, User Interface: Daemon, Networking: Server, Role: Program, Security: Authentication, Application Suite: GNOME, Interface Toolkit: GTK, Purpose: Login, X Window System: Login Manager

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