Xdm (generic), kdm (KDE) and gdm (gnome) all provide another level of security,
but my original question was about doing away with any of the login managers.
Once you have setup Mandrake to launch X and go directly to a gui, the default
is to bring up Kdm. Now I would rather go directly to a consol screen and
then, using "startx" go directly to my window manager of choice as set up in
~/.xinitrc. What I can't find is the file to edit to take kdm out of the
process.
Wed, 19 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Jean-Louis Debert wrote:
>
> > Mike Corbeil wrote:
> >
>
> [snipped]
>
> > Not the same thing. To use the graphical login, you _have to_
> > be _booting_ in graphical mode, i.e. you have to configure
> > init to start directly in graphical mode.
>
> > In your current situation, if you get a text login, it's
> > because your init is configured that way, and so you don't
> > use *dm. You probably can find some *getty in ps output.
>
> Exactly. There are no *dm instances in the output of
>
> ps aux
>
> but there are several *getty running.
>
> This is fine with me, though. The only condition I'ld see as important to use
> *dm would be if it provided increased or enhanced security, but I don't know
> enough about these, yet, to be able to say.
>
> Do *dm provide enhanced security, or just a fancier login interface?
>
> I should try them just to see what the gui's look like, albeit probably
> something like on Solaris and gui or character doesn't make any difference; only
> gui looking prettier. If there's a security difference, though, then a la gui
> login I'll switch to.
>
> mike
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