How to configure timed login for multiple displays in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5?
Issue
- How to configure
timed loginfor multipledisplaysin Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5? - On
display 0(ctrl-alt-F7)there must be timed login as test user. - But on
display 1(ctrl-alt-F8)time loginis not required. - How to set the
timed loginfordisplay 0ONLY and NOT ondisplay 1? - In RHEL5.8 server with two displays
enabled(0=Standard and 1=Standard) in the/etc/gdm/custom.conffile. Ondisplay 0(ctrl-alt-F7) , need to have a timed login as user X, but ondisplay 1(ctrl-alt-F8) its not need. While logged intodisplay 0as root, rungdmsetupand enabled timed login for user X. When system is rebooted the RHEL5 server,display 0comes up and performs atimed loginas user X just like it's supposed to. However,display 1tries to perform a timed login as well but there is no user listed so theloginfails. It does not matter which display is chosen to set up the timed login,display 0always works.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
gdm-2.16.0-59.el5
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