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.TH NODM "8" "March 2019" "nodm version 0.13" "System Administration Utilities"
.SH NAME
nodm \- X display manager for automatic logins
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nodm
[\fI\,options\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBnodm\fP is a minimal display manager that simply logs in as a given user and
starts an X session, without asking for username or password.
.P
On a normal computer, using \fBnodm\fP is a big security issue because it would
give anyone access to the computer.
.P
However, there are cases where automatic login is needed: for example in an
embedded system such as a mobile phone, or in a kiosk setup, or in a control
panel for industrial machinery.  For those cases, \fBnodm\fP is simple to
setup, lightweight, and it should do exactly the right thing.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
print this help message
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
print nodm's version number
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbose outpout or logging
.TP
\fB\-\-quiet\fR
only log warnings and errors
.TP
\fB\-\-nested\fR
run a nested X server, does not require root.
The server defaults to "/usr/bin/Xnest :1",
override with NODM_X_OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-[no\-]syslog\fR
enable/disable logging to syslog
.TP
\fB\-\-[no\-]stderr\fR
enable/disable logging to stderr
.SH AUTHOR
\fBnodm\fP is written and maintained by Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org> and
Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR xinit (1),
.BR xdm (1),
.BR gdm (1),
.BR kdm (1).