On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 03:01:03PM -0400, Stephen Dennison wrote: > Out of curiosity has anyone ever thought about using fvwm in place of > a display manager? Have any developers thought about creating an fvwm > config that would act as a display manager, or implementing a display > manager that is fvwm driven? > > Basically I just want a display manager that will allow either user > selection from a menu or a user name and password entry, but I dont' > want to have to rely on gnome or kde under-pinings. I was thinking > that I could probably just start up a stripped down window session > with fvwm and remove all of the default key-bindings. (Or maybe start > up a non-privelaged user account that doesn't have a shell entry and > have it present the menu...) I could then decorate it with all the > eye candy and functionality that gdm provides, but I'm not sure how to > go about replacing the currently running fvwm session with an fvwm > session running as a different user. > So I guess in all of my rambling my question isn't really fvwm > specific, but it does relate to fvwm. How do I create a new fvwm > session from a currently running fvwm session with different user > privelages?
Run fvwm with the --replace option (-replace for older versions). However, this does not change ownership of the X server, so you have to open the display to the world with $ xhost +<machine name> To make it work. This is a huge security risk, so I don't recommend doing that. For example, a local user can forcefully replace the running fvwm session with her own and do all sorts of bad things. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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