getting the nologin users out of the login dialog

Joel Rees joel.rees at gmail.com
Thu Dec 22 03:57:32 UTC 2011


On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> 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?


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