How to suppress database users in GDM?

Mon Aug 24 14:50:13 UTC 2009

Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
> after installing commercial software (in particular database systems),
> it is not uncommon to find users in the GDM login, which I don't
> actually want. I assume that GDM treats uids > 500 as humans.

Assuming GDM inherits this particular property from the base OS, 
changing UID_MIN & GID_MIN in /etc/login.defs to an appropriate higher 
value should work. But this will also hide previously created "valid" 
IDs from the GDM login user list.

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Regards
Vivek J. Patankar

Registered Linux User #374218
Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
Linux 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64 x86_64

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