[solved] XDM: Label for password input

torf · Last edited by torf on Tue May 13, 2008 12:19 pm; edited 1 time in total

I'm currently customizing the looks of my XDM, but I have problems setting the label for the password field. All guides I have found say that it can be set in the Xresources file using the xlogin*passwdPrompt setting, but this setting has no effect for me. Other label settings, like xlogin*namePrompt, work. There's nothing interesting in /var/log/xdm.log.

Thanks for any pointers on what I'm doing wrong

/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources:

BradN · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 1:05 am Post subject:

Have you tried other variations like passPrompt, passwordPrompt?

You could try running "strings" on the xdm binary to see if you can spot the setting name it's looking for.

torf · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:53 am Post subject:

I just tried "passPrompt" and "passwordPrompt" as you suggested, but that did not work, either. The strings idea was nice, but did not work -- even "namePrompt" which definitely works does not show up in the listing, nor does anything containing "word" or "pass".

Is there a way to find out which Xresources a program tries to access?

torf

Sometimes it helps to RTFM: Found this in man xdm (and no, I have no idea why I didn't look in there before :roll:

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mimosinnet · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

I have recently moved to xdm and I find it wonderful. I was having the same issue with the xlogin*passwdPrompt. Have you been able to solve it?

Also, do you know how can I choose the desktop manager / window manager from xdm?

This is a screenshot of my login screen, with conky and root-tail running.

Cheers!

torf · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 12:54 am Post subject:

mimosinnet: I haven't looked further into changing the password label, but as it's apparently controlled by PAM you should look there if you need it changed. As on how to choose your WM from XDM I have no idea (I always use the same), but there are a lot of tutorials on this forum and the net to enhance XDM with all kind of stuff (WM choosers, shutdown buttons, etc.).

mimosinnet · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your answer. I have looked around for a simple way to choose among window managers with xdm. In case you need it in the future, you have to add a line like:

rlmaers · n00b Joined: 30 Jul 2012 Posts: 10 Location: Norway

Sorry for bumping such an old thread, but it might be helpful for bypassers having the same problem.

I've looked through the xdm and pam source, and from what I can see there is no way to configure the password prompt provided by pam. So I ended up overriding the pam provided values with the ones from Xresources when xdm uses pam. The following patch can be simply put in /etc/portage/patches/x11-apps/xdm-1.1.12 and should be applied automatically upon re-emerging xdm.

Hu · Administrator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21715

Although it may be more convenient when developing a change, patches like this are often more readable if you do not retain a commented-out copy of the original, since the diff context will do that for you.