Re: [CentOS] centos6 not using /etc/gdm/custom.conf

In later Fedora releases, GDM has become less and less functional: configurability has been removed, more so as releases occur. From my (known to be flaky) memory, that includes the ability to turn off the silly list that exposes usernames right on the login screen, the ability to assign your own wallpaper to the login screen, among other things.

Using gdm is getting harder and harder but you can try:

gconftool-2 --direct \ --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults \ --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

There are many features available via gconftool-2 or gconf-editor only.

GS