NAME¶
nodm - X display manager for automatic logins
SYNOPSIS¶
nodm [
options]
DESCRIPTION¶
nodm is a minimal display manager that simply logs in as a given user and
starts an X session, without asking for username or password.
On a normal computer, using
nodm is a big security issue because it would
give anyone access to the computer.
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,
nodm is simple to
setup, lightweight, and it should do exactly the right thing.
OPTIONS¶
- --help
- print this help message
- --version
- print nodm's version number
- --verbose
- verbose outpout or logging
- --quiet
- only log warnings and errors
- --nested
- run a nested X server, does not require root. The server
defaults to "/usr/bin/Xnest :1", override with
NODM_X_OPTIONS
- --[no-]syslog
- enable/disable logging to syslog
- --[no-]stderr
- enable/disable logging to stderr
AUTHOR¶
nodm is written and maintained by Enrico Zini
<enrico@enricozini.org> and Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>.
SEE ALSO¶
xinit(1),
xdm(1),
gdm(1),
kdm(1).