dtgreet(X1)
dtgreet --
login screen
Synopsis
dtgreet
NOTE:
The dtgreet utility is run automatically by
dtlogin(X1)
to create a login screen display. It is not necessary to run
dtgreet from the command line.
Description
The dtgreet utility is used by dtlogin
to display the login screen on a display. There will be one
dtgreet
process per display on which a login screen is visible.
All customization of the login screen is done via
dtlogin configuration files. Refer to the
dtlogin(X1)
manual page for information regarding login screen customization.
NOTE:
Login scripts from earlier SCO releases continue to be
supported for
``Backward compatibility'':
SCO OpenServer-
scologin
SCO UnixWare 1 and 2-
enable_glogin and disable_glogin
However, they now call a script that invokes dtlogin.
They will be obsoleted in a future release.
Login window
The Login window allows the user to enter a user ID and password,
select a startup session and select a startup locale. User may also
reset the X server or temporarily suspend the X server to access the
character login prompt.
Contents of Login window:
login field-
Entry field to enter user ID.
password field-
Entry field to enter user password (no-echo).
OK-
Authenticate user and launches session.
Start Over-
Clear login and password field.
Options-
Display menu for session, locale, reset and no-windows.
Help-
Display help message.
Login window -- options menu
Allows user to select locale name and login session type. Also allows
user to restart the X server or switch to a character login prompt
(for local displays).
Contents of Options Menu:
Languages-
Show Languages menu.
Reload Login-
Restart X Server and return to login screen.
Sessions-
Show Sessions menu.
Login window -- sessions menu
Allows user to select which session type should be started upon login.
Contents of Sessions Menu:
UnixWare 7 CDE-
Start a CDE desktop session (Xsession)
Panorama Session-
Start a
pmwm(X1)
(Panorama) desktop session
Failsafe Session-
Start a fail-safe session (Xfailsafe). This enables a minimal
graphical login,
xterm(X1)
by default, to repair dysfunctional login environments; see
dtlogin(X1)
for more information.
Login window -- languages menu
Selecting the language from the login screen Options menu immediately
localizes the login screen and sets LANG for the next session. Login
screen localization and LANG return to the default value upon
conclusion of the session. The contents of this menu can vary
depending upon the locales installed on the system and can be
overridden by using the languageList resource. The default locale of C
can be overridden using the language resource.
The system or
languageList
locales specified are displayed as
menu items in the Languages menu. Alternate text to be displayed may
be specified for a given locale name by using the
languageName
resource.
Files
/usr/dt/bin/dtgreet
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig
Backward compatibility
Login utilities from earlier SCO releases can be used to a
limited extent to control dtgreet:
SCO OpenServer-
scologin [start | stop |
query | enable | disable]
start-
starts dtlogin if it is not already running
stop-
stops dtlogin
query-
returns the current state of the dtlogin process
disable-
disables desktop auto-start; that is,
stops the current dtlogin process and
prevents dtlogin
from starting when the system re-boots
enable-
enables desktop auto-start; that is,
ensures that dtlogin
starts when the system re-boots
and starts the dtlogin process
if it is not already running
scologin init is not enabled.
SCO UnixWare 1 and 2-
enable_glogin
enables desktop auto-start; that is,
ensures that dtlogin
starts when the system re-boots
and starts the dtlogin process
if it is not already running
disable_glogin
disables desktop auto-start; that is,
stops the current dtlogin process and
prevents dtlogin
from starting when the system re-boots
Standards conformance
dtgreet is not part of any currently supported standard;
it was developed by TriTeal Corporation as part of the TriTeal
Enterprise Desktop (TED) and is used by permission.
© 2004 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004