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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 14:30:15 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-27 14:30:15 +0000
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+=head1 NAME
+
+gdm3 - GNOME Display Manager
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+gdm3
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<gdm3> is the equivalent of xdm(1x) or wdm(1x), but uses the GNOME
+libraries to provide a GNOME look-and-feel. It provides the GNOME
+equivalent of a "login:" prompt.
+
+B<gdm3> reads F</etc/gdm3/daemon.conf> for its configuration. For each
+local display, gdm starts an X server and runs a minimal GNOME session
+including a graphical greeter. If configured so, the main gdm process
+also listens for XDMCP requests from remote displays. These requests
+can either be direct, causing B<gdm3> to start a session on the remote
+display, or indirect, causing a chooser to be opened.
+
+When managing a display, B<gdm3> attempts to execute
+F</etc/gdm3/Init/>I<display>, or F</etc/gdm3/Init/Default> if that does
+not exist. When a user logs in, B<gdm3> first attempts
+F</etc/gdm3/PreSession/>I<display> (or F</etc/gdm3/PreSession/Default>),
+and then one of the sessions defined in F</usr/share/xsessions>. When
+the session has completed, B<gdm> attempts to run
+F</etc/gdm3/PostSession/>I<display>, or
+F</etc/gdm3/PostSession/>I<Default>.
+
+B<gdm3> maintains information about the displays it is managing in
+F</var/lib/gdm3>. This includes xauth information, so this directory
+is not readable to normal users.
+
+B<gdm3> uses PAM to perform authentication using the config file
+F</etc/pam.d/gdm3>.
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item XAUTHORITY
+
+Upon session startup, GDM sets the XAUTHORITY environment variable to a
+session-specific file in F</run/gdm3>.
+
+Applications and scripts that assume this file is set to F<~/.Xauthority>
+will not work. To access the display you need both DISPLAY and
+XAUTHORITY variables.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Martin Kasper Petersen <mkp@SunSITE.auc.dk>
+
+This manual page written by Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org> for
+Debian GNU/Linux. Updated by Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>,
+Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> and
+Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>.
+
+=cut