BackgroundColorBackgroundColor=#007777
If the BackgroundType is 2, use this color in the background
of the greeter.  Also use it as the back of transparent images
set on the background and if the BackgroundRemoteOnlyColor
is set and this is a remote display.
This only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
BackgroundProgramInitialDelayBackgroundProgramInitialDelay=30
The background application will be started after at least that many
seconds of inactivity.
RestartBackgroundProgramRestartBackgroundProgram=true
If set the background application will be restarted when it has
exited, after the delay described below has elapsed.  This
option can be useful when you wish to run a screen saver
application when no user is using the computer.
BackgroundProgramRestartDelayBackgroundProgramRestartDelay=30
The background application will be restarted after at least that
many seconds of inactivity.
BackgroundImageBackgroundImage=somefile.png
If the BackgroundType is 1, then display this file as the
background in the greeter.  This only affects the GTK+
Greeter.
BackgroundProgramBackgroundProgram=/usr/bin/xeyes
If set this command will be run in the background while
the login window is being displayed.  Note that not all
applications will run this way, since GDM does not usually have
a home directory.  You could set up home directory for the
GDM user if you wish to run applications which require it.
This only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
BackgroundRemoteOnlyColorBackgroundRemoteOnlyColor=true
On remote displays only set the color background.  This is to
make network load lighter.  The
BackgroundProgram is also not run.  This
only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
BackgroundScaleToFitBackgroundScaleToFit=true
Scale background image to fit the screen.  This only affects
the GTK+ Greeter.
BackgroundTypeBackgroundType=2
The type of background to set.  0 is none, 1 is image and 2
is color.  This only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
BrowserBrowser=true
Set to true to enable the face browser. See the
``The GTK+ Greeter'' section for more information on the
face browser.  This option only works for the GTK+ Greeter.
For the Themed Greeter, the face browser is enabled by
choosing a theme which includes a face browser
ChooserButtonChooserButton=true
If true, add a chooser button to the Actions menu that will
restart the current server with a chooser.  XDMCP does not need
to be enabled on the local computer for this to work.
ConfigAvailableConfigAvailable=true
If true, allows the configurator to be run from the greeter.
Note that the user will need to type in the root password
before the configurator will be started.  See the
Configurator option in the daemon
section.
DefaultFaceDefaultFace=<share>/pixmaps/nophoto.png
Default icon file for users without a personal picture
in ~/gnome/photo. The image must be
in an gdk-pixbuf supported format and the file must be
readable for the GDM user.
IncludeInclude=
Comma separated list of users to be included in the face
browser and in the gdmsetup selection list for
Automatic/Timed login.
See also Exclude,
IncludeAll, and
MinimalUID.
ExcludeExclude=bin,daemon,adm,lp,sync,shutdown,halt,mail,...
Comma separated list of users to be excluded from the face
browser and from the gdmsetup selection list for
Automatic/Timed login.  Excluded users will still be able to
log in, but will have to type their username.
See also Include,
IncludeAll, and
MinimalUID.
IncludeAllIncludeAll=false
By default, an empty include list means display no users.
By setting IncludeAll to true, the password file will be
scanned and all users will be displayed aside from users
excluded via the Exclude setting and user ID's less than
MinimalUID.  Scanning the password file can be slow on
systems with large numbers of users and this feature should
not be used in such environments.
See also Include,
Exclude, and
MinimalUID.
GlobalFaceDirGlobalFaceDir=<share>/pixmaps/faces/
Systemwide directory for face files. The sysadmin can place
icons for users here without touching their homedirs. Faces are
named after their users' logins.
I.e. <GlobalFaceDir>/johndoe would
contain the face icon for the user ``johndoe''. No image format
extension should be specified.
The face images must be stored in gdk-pixbuf supported formats
and they must be readable for the GDM user.
A user's own icon file will always take precedence over the
sysadmin provided one.
GraphicalThemeGraphicalTheme=circles
The graphical theme that the Themed Greeter should use.  it
should refer to a directory in the theme directory set by
GraphicalThemeDir.
GraphicalThemesGraphicalThemes=circles
The graphical themes that the Themed Greeter should use is the
Mode is set on Random Themes.  This is a "/:" delimited list.
It should refer to a directory in the theme directory set by
GraphicalThemeDir.  This is only used if
GraphicalThemeRand is set to true.
GraphicalThemeRandGraphicalThemeRand=false
Whether the graphical greeter will use Only One Theme or Random
Theme mode.  Only One Theme mode uses themes listed by
GraphicalTheme, Random Themes mode uses
themes listed by GraphicalThemes.  A value
of false sets greeter to use Only One Theme mode, a value of
true sets the greeter to use Random Theme mode.
GraphicalThemeDirGraphicalThemeDir=<share>/gdm/themes/
The directory where themes for the Themed Greeter are
installed.
InfoMsgFileInfoMsgFile=/path/to/infofile
If present and /path/to/infofile specifies an existing and
readable text file (e.g. <etc>/infomsg.txt) the contents of the
file will be displayed in a modal dialog box before the user
is allowed to login.
This works both with the standard and the themable greeters.
InfoMsgFontInfoMsgFont=fontspec
If present and InfoMsgFile (see above) is used, this specifies
the font to use when displaying the contents of the InfoMsgFile
text file.  For example fontspec could be Sans 24 to get a
sans serif font of size 24 points.
This works both with the standard and the themable greeters.
LocaleFileLocaleFile=<etc>/gdm/locale.alias
File in format similar to the GNU locale format with entries
for all supported languages on the system.  The format is
described above or in a comment inside that file.
LockPositionLockPosition=true
If true the position of the login window of the GTK+
Greeter cannot be changed even if the title bar is turned on.
LogoLogo=<share>/pixmaps/gnome-logo-large.png
Image file to display in the logo box. The file must be
in an gdk-pixbuf supported format and it must be readable by
the GDM user. If no file is specified the logo feature
is disabled.
This only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
MinimalUIDMinimalUID=100
The minimal UID that GDM should consider a user.  All
users with a lower UID will be excluded from the face browser.
See also Include,
Exclude, and
IncludeAll.
PositionXPositionX=200
The horizontal position of the login window of the GTK+
Greeter.
PositionYPositionY=100
The vertical position of the login window of the GTK+
Greeter.
QuiverQuiver=true
Controls whether gdmlogin should
shake the display when an incorrect username/password is
entered.
This only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
DefaultRemoteWelcomeDefaultRemoteWelcome=true
If set to true, the value "Welcome to %n" is used for the
RemoteWelcome.  This value is translated
into the appropriate language for the user.  If set to false,
the RemoteWelcome setting is used.
false, the Welcome setting is used.
RemoteWelcomeRemoteWelcome=Welcome to n
Controls which text to display next to the logo image in the
greeter for remote XDMCP sessions.  The same expansion is
done here as in the Welcome string.
RunBackgroundProgramAlwaysRunBackgroundProgramAlways=false
If this is true then the background application is run always,
otherwise it is only run when the
BackgroundType is 0 (None)
This only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
SetPositionSetPosition=true
If true the position of the login window of the GTK+ Greeter
is determined by PositionX
/ PositionY.
ShowGnomeFailsafeSessionShowGnomeFailsafeSession=true
Should the greeter show the Gnome Failsafe session in th
sessions list.
ShowLastSessionShowLastSession=true
Should the greeter show the 'Last' session in the session list.
If this is off, then GDM is in the so called 'switchdesk' mode
which for example Red Hat uses.  That is, the users can't pick
the last session and will just then get the default session
(see DefaultSession) unless then pick
something else for this session only.  So if this is off, this
really circumvents saving of the last session.
ShowXtermFailsafeSessionShowXtermFailsafeSession=true
Should the greeter show the Xterm Failsafe session in the
sessions list.
SoundOnLoginSoundOnLogin=true
If true, the greeter will play a sound or beep when it is
ready for a login.  See also the
SoundOnLoginFile key.
Supported since 2.5.90.0.
SoundOnLoginSuccessSoundOnLoginSuccess=true
If true, the greeter will play a sound after a successful login
attempt.  See also the
SoundOnLoginSuccessFile key.
SoundOnLoginFailureSoundOnLoginFailure=true
If true, the greeter will play a sound after a failed login
attempt.  See also the
SoundOnLoginFailureFile key.
SoundOnLoginFileSoundOnLoginFile=/path/to/sound.wav
The file that will be played using the specified sound application
(by default that is /usr/bin/play) instead
of a beep when the greeter is ready for a login.  See also the
SoundOnLogin key and the
SoundProgram key.
Supported since 2.5.90.0.
SoundOnLoginSuccessFileSoundOnLoginSuccessFile=/path/to/sound.wav
The file that will be played using the specified sound application
(by default that is /usr/bin/play) after
a successful login attempt.  See also the
SoundOnLoginSuccess key and the
SoundProgram key.
SoundOnLoginFailureFileSoundOnLoginFailureFile=/path/to/sound.wav
The file that will be played using the specified sound application
(by default that is /usr/bin/play) after
a failed login attempt.  See also the
SoundOnLoginFailure key and the
SoundProgram key.
SystemMenuSystemMenu=true
Turns the Actions menu (which used to be called System menu) on
or off.  If this is off then one of the actions will be
available anywhere.  These actions include Shutdown, Reboot,
Configure, XDMCP chooser and such.  All of those can however
be turned off individually.  Shutdown, Reboot and Suspend can
be turned off by just setting the corresponding keys to empty.
Note that the actions menu is only shown on local logins as it
would not be safe or even desirable on remote logins, so you
don't have to worry about remote users having any sort of
console privileges.
Note that if this is off none of the actions will be available
even if a theme for a graphical greeter mistakenly shows them.
Also note that sometimes a graphical theme may not show all
the available actions as buttons and you may have to press
F10 to see the menu.
TitleBarTitleBar=true
Display the title bar in the greeter.
This only affects the GTK+ Greeter.
Use24ClockUse24Clock=auto
Select the use of 24 hour clock.  Some locales do not
support 12 hour format (like Finnish, that is
fi_FI), and in those locales this
setting has no effect at all.
Possible values are "auto" (default), "true", and
"false". If this is set to "auto" or left empty, then
time format is chosen from locale settings. Locale
settings are based on the language in use, thus it is
changed by setting environment variables LANGUAGE (GNU
extension), LANG, LC_MESSAGES or LC_ALL in the GDM's
runtime environment. Priorities between the mentioned
environment variables can be found from your system's
C library manual.
UseCirclesInEntryUseCirclesInEntry=false
Use circles instead of asterisks in the password entry.
This may not work with all fonts however.
UseInvisibleInEntryUseInvisibleInEntry=false
Do not show any visual feedback is the password entry.
This is the standard in console and xdm. Settings this
option discards the "UseCirclesInEntry" option.
DefaultWelcomeDefaultWelcome=true
If set to true, the value "Welcome" is used for the
Welcome.  This value is translated
into the appropriate language for the user.  If set to
false, the Welcome setting is used.
WelcomeWelcome=Welcome
Controls which text to display next to the logo image in the
standard greeter. The following control chars are supported:
the `' character
d  display's hostname
h  Fully qualified hostname
m  machine (processor type)
n  Nodename (i.e. hostname without .domain)
r  release (OS version)
s  sysname (i.e. OS)
This string is only used for local logins.  For remote XDMCP
logins we use RemoteWelcome.
In the Themed Greeter the location of this text depends on
the theme.  Unless the theme uses the stock welcome string
somewhere this string will not be displayed at all.
XineramaScreenXineramaScreen=0
If the Xinerama extension is active the login window will be
centered on this physical screen (use 0 for the first screen,
1 for the second...).
