Re: Modification of gnome login manager

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

"ANN ADAMS" <aadams6 peoplepc com> writes:

> When I look at GTK+/Gnome Application Developer or this
> associated web site, I see a vast of array of
> oppurtunities to modify the user desktop displays.
> 
> What I'm not seeing is modification of the actual login
> manager.  One of the earlier notes said to run
> gdmconfig to change the appearance..ie font or graphics.
> 
> But I want to modify the actual content.  I'm
> attempting to simply my cross-realm implementation for
> Kerberos.  If I could specify the realm when I am
> logging this would greatly simplify administration.  So
> I would enter my user id, password, and and also have a
> square to enter my realm.  I could then place a pam
> module in pam.conf to handle my realm request.
> 
> If anyone could point in the right direction or whether
> this is even feasible to modify the login manager I
> would appreciate it.  

I don't believe that this will require any modification
to GDM at all .... the fact that some PAM conversations
require more than two items is the primary reason that
GDM doesn't show Username/Password, but rather Username
followed by Password.

Regards,
                                        Owen