Debian: how to add user options to graphical login screen?

Hans,

Cool! It works! Once again my expectations were wrong; I thought I'd have
to mess with some KDE-related file. I also sort of expected the default
shell to be set automatically, and didn't think to check /etc/passwd. Oh,
and I agree with you on the bit about not displaying the login ID's, though
it's not a big issue for this particular system. It's just that the login
wasn't giving me any choice at all - just prompted for a password. I guess
it was smart enough to know there was only one login that would work. Good
thing I decided not to worry about the Lindows stigma. :-) Hmm, running
tetris while waiting for the login - interesting idea!

Thanks,
Vaughn

On Tuesday 04 November 2003 16:53, you wrote:
> Am 04. Nov, 2003 schwätzte Vaughn Treude so:
> > The subject line says it all. I've been googling all over the place and
> > can't find the answer to this one. Thanks!
> >
> > Vaughn Treude
> > Nakota Software, Inc.
> >
> > P.S. I might as well come clean about this. :-) I'm trying to configure
> > a new Lindows installation, and although I've added a non-root user, I
> > can't figure out a way to get their stupid login screen to prompt for
> > this non-root user instead of root. Since it's supposedly based on
> > Debian I'm hoping I can use the standard Debian config file - wherever it
> > is!
>
> I actually see this as a feature as I don't like advertising to external
> sources what account names I have.
>
> I also think people should know what their login ID is. Click interfaces
> for logging in should only be for people under 3 years old :).
>
> Look at the /etc/passwd entry for your new user. Does it have a shell? If
> not, change the default shell to be /bin/bash and see if that fixes the
> issue for you.
>
> BTW, I had no idea what you were talking about until the PS. I thought you
> meant something like having tetris running while waiting for someone to
> login, or being able to specify the screen saver for non-logins.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans