A bug for the change in /bin/nologin default shell behavior has been recently added to the freedesktop bugzilla:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44408 On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Joel Rees <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Craig White <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 12:57 +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Joe Zeff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > On 12/21/2011 05:24 PM, Joel Rees wrote: >>> >> >>> >> In fedora14 users whose login shell (in /etc/passwd) is specified as >>> >> /sbin/nologin do not show up in the login dialog. In Fedora15, they >>> >> do. >>> >> >>> >> Does any one know of a setting to fix this? >>> > >>> > >>> > It's quite possible it's a bug in the login manager. If you're using gdm, >>> > try switching to kdm, or the other way around. If it only shows up in >>> > one, >>> > report it. >>> >>> Okay, that sounds like a fun thing to try. (Well, since Bruno reported >>> it, I can just track the bug, instead.) >>> >>> Any idea where I should start on switching to kdm? I kept reading >>> something about a switcher application, I suppose I should look at >>> that some more? >> ---- >> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/2011-May/009431.html > > Thanks! > > Okay, so I created > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop > > with the lines > > DESKTOP="KDE" > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" > > and X11 gives me gives me the kde login screen. (At least, I've never > seen the gnome login screen provide all those great options, like > restarting the X server. :-) > > But I don't get a user list. Just the user name and password fields, > which is not bad, and my family can probably get used to it, but it > doesn't really tell me what's happening. > > Nosing around the web, I found the kdm docs, > > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase-workspace/kdm/kdm-files.html > > and there's a UserList option in there. So I go edit > /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc , change UserList to true and it ignores me. Must > be some file that overrides that in Fedora. > > The description of the options tells me a lot, however. It looks like > the new specification here is to show all users in a specified range > which have a defined password. Or you can hard-wire your list of > users. > > That's a serious spec bug, and I guess I'll have to go hassle the > freedesktop group about it. > > The previous chapter describes KDE's GUI configuration tool, which I > have not got, I suppose I should load that and see if I can get it to > change something for me. -- Joel Rees -- users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
