glfs/gnome/other/gdm/gdm-desc.xml

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<para>The gdm package contains <command>gdm</command>,
<command>gdm-binary</command>,
<command>gdmXnestchooser</command>,
<command>gdmchooser</command>,
<command>gdmflexiserver</command>,
<command>gdmgreeter</command>, <command>gdmlogin</command>,
<command>gdmmktemp</command>, <command>gdmphotosetup</command>,
<command>gdmsetup</command>, <command>gdmthemetester</command>,
<command>gdm-restart</command>,
<command>gdm-safe-restart</command>,
<command>gdm-stop</command>, <command>gdmaskpass</command>,
<command>gdmconfig</command> and <command>gdmopen</command>.</para>

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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gdm</title>
<para><command>gdm</command> is a wrapper script to execute gdm-binary, the configurable
GNOME-based login prompt.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gdmchooser</title>
<para><command>gdmchooser</command> is an application for selecting
<acronym>XDMCP</acronym> enabled hosts on
the local network.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gdmsetup</title>
<para><command>gdmsetup</command> is a graphical interface to edit the
<filename>gdm.conf</filename>.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gdm-restart and gdm-safe-restart</title>
<para><command>gdm-restart</command> sends the <acronym>HUP</acronym>
signal and <command>gdm-safe-restart</command> sends the
<acronym>USR1</acronym> signal to the daemon so that it restarts. They are used after the
config file is edited.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gdmconfig</title>
<para><command>gdmconfig</command> is an application for managing the configuration of the
entire <application>GDM</application> applications suite.  It handles look and feel, security,
XDMCP, GDMchooser and more.</para></sect3>

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