I am looking for some kind of replacement program for the 'standard'
graphical login managers.  All of the 'standard' ones just have a box
where a user can type in their username and password.  This is fine for
most users.  I want one which displays a small (user customizable)
graphic for each known user on the system (basically for every
interactive user found in the passwd db).  This is for a public
library's public accessable computers (we will be encuraging regular
users/patrons to have a personal login account).

I am looking for something similar to what was available for IRIX (on
SGI machines).  I've done some Google searches, but I've not come up
with something.  I may wind up writing something from scratch, but want
to avoid 'reinventing the wheel' as it were...


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On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:27:25 -0600, Robert Heller wrote:

> I am looking for some kind of replacement program for the 'standard'
> graphical login managers.  All of the 'standard' ones just have a box
> where a user can type in their username and password.  This is fine for
> most users.  I want one which displays a small (user customizable)
> graphic for each known user on the system (basically for every
> interactive user found in the passwd db).  This is for a public
> library's public accessable computers (we will be encuraging regular
> users/patrons to have a personal login account).
> 
> I am looking for something similar to what was available for IRIX (on
> SGI machines).  I've done some Google searches, but I've not come up
> with something.  I may wind up writing something from scratch, but want
> to avoid 'reinventing the wheel' as it were...

Several distros provide that ability. Have you looked at the login 
customizations available to you?

At 4 Feb 2009 21:08:10 GMT ray <ray@zianet.com> wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:27:25 -0600, Robert Heller wrote:
> 
> > I am looking for some kind of replacement program for the 'standard'
> > graphical login managers.  All of the 'standard' ones just have a box
> > where a user can type in their username and password.  This is fine for
> > most users.  I want one which displays a small (user customizable)
> > graphic for each known user on the system (basically for every
> > interactive user found in the passwd db).  This is for a public
> > library's public accessable computers (we will be encuraging regular
> > users/patrons to have a personal login account).
> > 
> > I am looking for something similar to what was available for IRIX (on
> > SGI machines).  I've done some Google searches, but I've not come up
> > with something.  I may wind up writing something from scratch, but want
> > to avoid 'reinventing the wheel' as it were...
> 
> Several distros provide that ability. Have you looked at the login 
> customizations available to you?

I don't believe CentOS (the distro I am using) provides what I am
looking for, but I will check.

Yes, there is a very simple user browser theme included with GDM.  I am
looking for a much 'better' one.

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-- 
Robert Heller             -- 978-544-6933
Deepwoods Software        -- Download the Model Railroad System
http://www.deepsoft.com/  -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows
heller@deepsoft.com       -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/