Remove Userlist From GDM?

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Hi All

I install 11.2 64bit and I need to remove the list of users at the login prompt of GDM. I looked though yast2 and there is no configuration section for GDM. Is the an official method for having just a simple prompt for username and password?

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Hi
Use gconf-editor and under apps/gdm/simple-greeter check the box
‘disable_user_list’

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Thanks a bunch.

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Hi There

I tried changing this setting and restarted. It didn’t change the existence of the list. I also had another user try it and it didn’t work for them either. Our IT folks don’t want the user list because of security issues. Can I use a different login manager?

Also, I found this on google. Perhaps it is a similar issue but that setting change doesn’t work on Ubuntu either.

How to disable user list in log-in screen? - Ubuntu Forums

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Hi
Little different for openSUSE (command all on one line);


sudo gconftool-2 --set
--type=bool /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

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Hi Again

Thanks for getting back to me. That still didn’t work and I have confirmed that disable_user_list is set to true after rebooting. I am guessing there is some problem similar to the new ubuntu. Nobody can seem to get rid of the user list.

I my case, I have to get rid of it. Is the a replacement login manager?

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Hi
Strange, works fine for me… 11.2, SLES11 and SLED11. Didn’t have to
reboot, just logout and no list.

You could use xdm.

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I will try to confirm with another group in our lab that I know updated to 11.2 and get back. Strange that I can’t get it to work on either machine and a colleague down the hall has the same issue.

I’ll get back to this thread.

Kev

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Try SLiM.

I’ve just checked and I also can’t disable user list.

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OK,

I checked with two other users in my lab and they cannot make the User List go away in GDM. I am not sure where to look but this must be an issue for the GDM development people since it is occuring for both SUSE 11.2 and the new Ubuntu.

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Hi
So it works for me… hmmmm.


<entry name="disable_user_list" mtime="1257194962" type="schema"
stype="bool" owner="gdm-simple-greeter">
<local_schema locale="C" short_desc="Do not show known users in the
login window">
<default type="bool" value="true"/>
<longdesc>Set to true to disable showing known users in the login
window.</longdesc>
</local_schema>

Can you compare the /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.schemas/%gconf-tree.xml
entries.

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<entry name="disable_user_list" mtime="1257194962" type="schema"
stype="bool" owner="gdm-simple-greeter">
<local_schema locale="C" short_desc="Do not show known users in the
login window">
<default type="bool" value="true"/>
<longdesc>Set to true to disable showing known users in the login
window.</longdesc>
</local_schema>

I’ve got ‘false’ here. After change no user list is displayed. :good:

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Hi
Ok, I’m guessing you need to run the command as root rather than sudo
to effect a change.

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Hi All

I emailed the package maintainer and he came up with the answer. You use gconf-editor as originally described but you also need to right click “disable_user_list” and set “Set as Default”. It worked fine for me.

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Hi
Thanks for the update :slight_smile:

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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