getting the nologin users out of the login dialog

Joe Zeff joe at zeff.us
Thu Dec 22 03:20:30 UTC 2011


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.


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