

		    GDM - GNOME DISPLAY MANAGER


The Gnome Display Manager is a re-implementation of the well known xdm
program. 

gdm 2.0beta4 implements all significant features required for managing
local and remote displays.

gdm daemon:

 o X Authentication
 o Default and per-display initialization scripts
 o Pre and post session scripts
 o Pluggable Authentication Modules
 o XDMCP
 o TCP Wrappers for access control

gdmlogin:

 o Logo image
 o Halt and reboot
 o Iconified login window
 o Session selection support
 o Language selection support
 o Face browser

gdmchooser:

 o Visual host browser 
 o Customizable icons


Most features can be turned on and off in the configuration file by
the sysadmin.

Availability:

   ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/


Please consult README.install for instructions on how to configure and
install gdm.

Send suggestions, patches, bug reports etc. to mkp@SunSITE.auc.dk.
Bear in mind that this is beta software and please enable debug
logging (see README.install) and include your syslog and
<vardir>/gdm/<display>.log when sending bug reports.


Martin K. Petersen, The Gnome Project

