Password-protecting fedora.

Ow Mun Heng ow.mun.heng at wdc.com
Wed Mar 10 02:47:14 UTC 2004


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Searle [mailto:mail at stevesearle.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 3:19 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Password-protecting fedora.
> 
> 
> Around 09:32am on Tuesday, March 09, 2004 (UK time), Maynard 
> Kuona scrawled:
> 
> > Actually, at least on Redhat/Fedora, all you have to do is 
> start a new X
> > session by using the command gdmflexiserver. Just Alt-F2 
> and type that
> > command and it immediately starts it and to get back and 
> forth from it,
> > use Ctrl-Alt-F7. basically, your default x session is on 
> F7, and every
> > new one is after that, like F8, F9 and so on. 
> > 
> This sounds great - can it be used in KDE, or is there a similar
> utility?
>

I'm not too sure.. But I can move from Gnome to KDE using it. (I 
have both installed)

rpm -qf --provides /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
gdm = 1:2.4.4.5-1

If you've got gdm installed.
 
> Or should I be seriously considering moving to Gnome?

Yeah.. You Should.. It's great. Love it.. Few grouses but...
Loving it..





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