[caiman-discuss] Sorting out files in bootcd_skel directory

[Moinak Ghosh]

Dave Miner wrote:
> Clay Baenziger wrote:
>   
>> I don't see a custom /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf, but shouldn't the LiveCD
>> automatically login as root? Apparently, GDM only supports automatic login
>> of non-root users (see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475477).
>> Thanks to Brain Cameron for the pointer above. He suggests perhaps
>> modifying the pam.conf to allow root to login without a password only
>> locally would work okay?
>>
>>     
>
> Yes, it's supposed to, that's work we haven't done yet.
>   

   We will be able to start a desktop without needing GDM. I have
   a couple of scripts that can start a GNOME session directly as
   root. We can have that as a separate SMF service. This will avoid
   the overhead of starting GDM.

Regards,
Moinak.