starting gnome session with gdm as non root

2009-02-19 Thread Moritz Herrmann
hi everyone, I installed gdm to use gnome in a comfortable way. As root I can start gnome by just typing gdm, and then log in as a user. But I dont think this is a right or secure way to use gnome. When i try to start gdm as a user it says: $ gdm gdm-binary[24860]: WARNING: GDM file

Re: starting gnome session with gdm as non root

2009-02-19 Thread Tom Van Looy
I can start gnome by just typing gdm, and then log in as a user. But I dont think this is a right or secure way to use gnome. add the following line to the end of /etc/rc.local /usr/local/bin/gdm -nodaemon This starts gdm at system startup. If you want to log in from the commandline you can

Re: starting gnome session with gdm as non root

2009-02-19 Thread Vadim Zhukov
On 19 February 2009 c. 13:26:24 Moritz Herrmann wrote: hi everyone, I installed gdm to use gnome in a comfortable way. As root I can start gnome by just typing gdm, and then log in as a user. But I dont think this is a right or secure way to use gnome. It is (more or less) secure way to use