This manual describes version 2.26.0 of the GNOME Display Manager.
It was last updated on 02/10/2009.
Chooser - A program used to select a remote host for managing a
display remotely on the attached display (gdm-host-chooser).
FreeDesktop - The organization providing desktop standards, such as the
Desktop Entry Specification used by GDM.
http://www.freedesktop.org.
GDM - GNOME Display Manager. Used to describe the software package as a
whole.
Greeter - The graphical login window (provided by gnome-shell).
PAM - Pluggable Authentication Mechanism
XDMCP - X Display Manage Protocol
Xserver - An implementation of the X Window System. For example the
Xorg Xserver provided by the X.org Foundation
http://www.x.org.
Paths that start with a word in angle brackets are relative to the
installation prefix. I.e. <share>/pixmaps/
refers to /usr/share/pixmaps if GDM was
configured with --prefix=/usr.
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