I'm trying to install a custom greeter into a newly installed 64-bit Centos 5 system. I originally tried to modify Xsession to include xpop /path/to/text_to_dispay as the first executable line, but that didn't work.
Then I read about gdmconfig which led to gdmsetup which led to custom.conf.
Nothing, so far, is producing a custom banner prior to login.
Is this an issue with CentOS 5, an issue with the 64-bit version, or something else I need to learn?
Thanks.
Scott
On 7/2/07, Scott Ehrlich scott@mit.edu wrote:
Nothing, so far, is producing a custom banner prior to login.
Is this an issue with CentOS 5, an issue with the 64-bit version, or something else I need to learn?
Depends on where you want the banner. For display before anyone enters any information, I create a custom gdm theme with the text in it. This way the see it before they enter any info at all.
For click-through acceptance, you can use gdialog within gdm to make people go through a yes/no acceptance type.
While it's for el3, it should work for el5 also. There are probably easier ways to accomplish this, but hey...
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_79_8398.shtm
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Jim Perrin wrote:
On 7/2/07, Scott Ehrlich scott@mit.edu wrote:
Nothing, so far, is producing a custom banner prior to login.
Is this an issue with CentOS 5, an issue with the 64-bit version, or something else I need to learn?
Depends on where you want the banner. For display before anyone enters any information, I create a custom gdm theme with the text in it. This way the see it before they enter any info at all.
For click-through acceptance, you can use gdialog within gdm to make people go through a yes/no acceptance type.
While it's for el3, it should work for el5 also. There are probably easier ways to accomplish this, but hey...
Hi Jim:
That was perfect! gdialong --yesno "my banner" as the first line in Xsession works like a charm.
Now, onto PAM - /etc/pam.d/blah.conf claims in the header comments that the file is autogenerated and any edits will be lost. So what is the proper way to make changes that WILL stick?
I'm new to the PAM world.
Thanks again.
Scott
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