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rhel6_login_screen_configuration

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All,

In the past, we used to configure the login screens on RHEL 4 and 5 by
using the gdmsetup utility.  This utility is no longer available under
RHEL 6.

After opening a TAM ticket with Red Hat support, here is their answer on
how to change the RHEL 6 login screen:

Follow the steps below:

Note - Where a # is shown, it is the command line prompt for the root user

1) #gconf-editor
2) Select apps->gdm->simple-greeter
3) Check the 'banner_message_enable' checkbox
4) Right click on 'banner_message_enable' checkbox' and select 'set as default'.
5) Set the message in 'banner_message_text' field.
6) Right click on 'banner_message_text' field and select 'set as default'.
7) Check the 'disable_user_list' checkbox.
8) Right click on 'disable_user_list' checkbox' and select 'set as default'.
9) To test it:
   #pkill gdm-binary

To enter the warning banner "string" into the banner_message_text screen
in step 5 above, enter the data as shown below, noting the leading and
trailing \  and  \  respectively at the beginning and ending of the text
data:

\******************WARNING**WARNING**WARNING******************

This is a National Weather Service (NWS) computer system.  NWS
computer systems are provided for the processing of Official
U.S. Government information only.  All data contained on NWS
computer systems is owned by the NWS and may be monitored,
intercepted, recorded, read, copied, or captured in any manner
and disclosed in any manner, by authorized personnel.

THERE IS NO RIGHT OF PRIVACY IN THIS SYSTEM

System personnel may give to law enforcement officials any
potential evidence of crime found on NWS computer systems.
USE OF THIS SYSTEM BY ANY USER, AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED,
CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THIS MONITORING, INTERCEPTION, RECORDING,
READING, COPYING, OR CAPTURING and DISCLOSURE.

******************WARNING**WARNING**WARNING******************\

When you finish all of the steps, you will get a nice login screen with
the banner and no listing of users on the login screen.

I don't know if this procedure works for Fedora Core (14?) or not, but
you could give it a try.

Please let me know how this works out for you.  We are just beginning
our work with RHEL 6.

Thanks,

Bruce
rhel6_login_screen_configuration.1300478699.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/03/18 16:04 by juckins