Re: GNOME 2.0 Must Fix Item #6

["Kevin Vandersloot" <kfv101 psu edu>]

Could you explain why PAM is an issue. I can't see how PAM affects whether
or not the text entries are shown together or after each other.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heeten" <azari geo yahoo com>
To: <usability gnome org>; <kfv101 psu edu>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: GNOME 2.0 Must Fix Item #6


> > From: Kevin Vandersloot <kfv101 psu edu>
> > Date: 31 Aug 2001 09:48:22 -0400
> >
> > This one should be pretty straightforward. Note that
> > recent versions of
> > gdm have some of the changes suggested in the
> > usability test. For fun I
> > did a mockup of a possible improvement to the logout
> > dialog here:
> >
> >
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/k/f/kfv101//GNOME/logout-mockup.png
> >
> >
> > GNOME 2.0 UI Must Fix Item #6- Logging In / Out
> >
> >
> >
> > Logging In
> <SNIP/>
> > * Should display username entry and password entry
> > at same time.
>
> Due to the way PAM works this one is a bit tricky
> which is why I didn't put it in when I did some of the
> other changes.  If it would be a significant
> improvment it could be done, but I'm worried it might
> potentially break some PAM setups, or create some
> other weird bugs.  Still it can be done if needed.
>
> Heeten
> <SNIP/>
> > Kevin
>
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