Chris, Your solution works in F11 as well.
There is just one cosmetic thing - there is selection box saying "Other..." - this should be removed as it has no function. Thank you very much, jaiv On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Chris Stark <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I found the solution back in Fedora 10. It's not exactly "user friendly"... > > All on one line: > > sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source > xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory -s --type=bool > /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true > > The change should be instant... just log out and log back in. > > Fedora Devs: please take a cue from the Ubuntu camp and either use a sane > version of GDM or fix the atrocity that is the current shipping version. > Gconftool is even less friendly than Windows' Registry Editor. > > Aloha, > Chris > > On 08/31/2009 04:11 PM, jaivuk wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I tried it as well with the same negative result - it does not work. >> >> Steps I did: >> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:22 AM, fred smith >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:41:28PM +0100, M A Young wrote: >> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, jaivuk wrote: >> > >> > >Hello guys, >> > > >> > >I did not use gdm for some time and now I'm not happy how it >> looks in >> > >Fedora >> > >11. >> > >First of all - the list of local users is unacceptable from >> security >> > >reasons. Even if it supports such "an " option - how it can be >> the default >> > >one?! >> > >> > Having the user list on by default makes sense for a home PC that >> is only >> > going to be used by one or two users, and where security is less >> > important. There is a disable_user_list gconf option, see >> > >> http://library.gnome.org/admin/gdm/2.26/gdm.html#greeterconfiguration >> >> I just tried this on my F11 laptop, following the web page you suggest, >> and I got no change at all in behavior after a reboot,... it still >> displays the list of users. >> >> -- >> ---- Fred Smith -- [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> ----------------------------- >> "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting >> Father, >> Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be >> no end. He >> will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing >> and upholding >> it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." >> ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) >> ------------------------------ >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >> >> >> > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >
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