Fedora 26 gdm login configuration???

[nobody]

Hello to Fedora 26 users,

Here, I have few questions to ask about Fedora 26 gdm login screen?!

I have, so far, only one user for gdm login screen: root, which always (by default) fails. This is correct behavior, since root is (by default) not allowed to login.

In other words, I would like to know the following answers, if possible:
[1] How permanently to change root login to user login?
[2] How to make both logins (root and user) entries to show up onto the gdm screen?
Here is the similar example:

[3] How to enable root gdm login to work?



Thank you,
_nobody_

[nobody]

Found this... But this is complete bogus (since it is, after all, almost 7 years old)...

https://askubuntu.com/questions/7895...e-login-screen

And here is what I have in my /etc/gdm/custom.conf

[user@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/gdm/custom.conf
# GDM configuration storage

[daemon]
# Uncoment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
#WaylandEnable=false

AutomaticLogin=username
AutomaticLoginEnable=False

[security]

[xdmcp]

[greeter]
# If true show all the users, if false show the last connected users
IncludeAll=true
# User to always show in the user list
Include=user

[chooser]

[debug]
# Uncomment the line below to turn on debugging
#Enable=true
[user@localhost ~]$

_nobody_

[antikythera]

try adding a line include=root under include=user and see if root shows up again

[nobody]

try adding a line include=root under include=user and see if root shows up again

Decent suggestion, AntiKerbera... I admit!

I have tried it. Nothing costs to try what you have proposed, except few minutes lost. I already lost hours trying to find some reliable hook, over which I can stabilize this issue. Without any success!

But the sggestion brought almost nothing. I still have only root shown as login screen.

Here is my /etc/gdm/custom.conf, now:

user@localhost ~]$ cd /etc/gdm
[user@localhost gdm]$ ls -al
total 44
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Jun 17 19:30 .
drwxr-xr-x. 159 root root 12288 Jun 17 19:31 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 425 Jun 17 19:30 custom.conf
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 438 Jun 17 19:26 custom.conf~
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 274 Jun 17 00:28 custom.conf.rpmsave
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 00:49 Init
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 00:49 PostLogin
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 00:49 PostSession
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 00:49 PreSession
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 May 10 10:35 Xsession -> ../X11/xinit/Xsession
[user@localhost gdm]$ pwd
/etc/gdm
[user@localhost gdm]$ cat custom.conf
# GDM configuration storage

[daemon]
# Uncoment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
#WaylandEnable=false

AutomaticLogin=username
AutomaticLoginEnable=False

[security]

[xdmcp]

[greeter]
# If true show all the users, if false show the last connected users
IncludeAll=true
# User to always show in the user list
Include=user

[chooser]

[debug]
# Uncomment the line below to turn on debugging
#Enable=true
[user@localhost gdm]$

The following instead of RED:
# User to always show in the user list
Include=user
Include=root

Does the same!

And I discovered another very weird behavior, while to try to logon as root! If the root screen is there, it always fails, but if I try to change user, and enter other user to be root, and correct root passwd, it logs-in GNOME DT and pops-up xterm as #?!

Anyway, I'll continue to investigate this issue. I have to sharpen my mind.

_nobody_

[marko]

Maybe try the changes noted in sections 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 here?:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...t_GDM_sessions

that is for Arch but it should be similar to Fedora, the page seems relatively recent ("last modified" at end of May 2017)

[nobody]

Add or edit GDM sessions
Each session is a .desktop file located at /usr/share/xsessions/.
To add a new session:
1. Copy an existing .desktop file to use as a template for a new session:
$ cd /usr/share/xsessions
# cp gnome.desktop other.desktop

No file .desktop in /usr/share/xsessions/ ?!

[user@localhost gdm]$ cd /usr/share/xsessions/
[user@localhost xsessions]$ ls -al
total 40
drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root  4096 Jun 17 00:49 .
drwxr-xr-x. 365 root root 12288 Jun 17 03:17 ..
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  7512 May 11 15:33 gnome-classic.desktop
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  7551 Apr 12 18:14 gnome.desktop
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  7248 Apr 12 18:14 gnome-xorg.desktop
[user@localhost xsessions]$

Should I copy gnome.desktop to .desktop

_nobody_

[robertdaleweir]

No file .desktop in /usr/share/xsessions/ ?!

[user@localhost gdm]$ cd /usr/share/xsessions/
[user@localhost xsessions]$ ls -al
total 40
drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root  4096 Jun 17 00:49 .
drwxr-xr-x. 365 root root 12288 Jun 17 03:17 ..
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  7512 May 11 15:33 gnome-classic.desktop
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  7551 Apr 12 18:14 gnome.desktop
-rw-r--r--.   1 root root  7248 Apr 12 18:14 gnome-xorg.desktop
[user@localhost xsessions]$

Should I copy gnome.desktop to .desktop

_nobody_

Hi nobody
I think they meant copy <gnome.desktop> to <gnome.desktop.old> and then 'edit' gnome.desktop for whatever you are trying to change/add/delete. If it fails restore gnome.desktop.old to gnome.desktop and you are back to where you started.
hence

cp gnome.desktop gnome.desktop.old

then

gedit ./gnome.desktop &

make changes then reboot and see if you get the outcome you desire.
Hope this help

[nobody]

According to this manual: https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/2.3...xsessionscript I correctly configured my /etc/gdm/custom.conf .

And, as result of this (miss)understanding, the following came out of my F26 kitchen:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1462512

_nobody_