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nodm: X display manager for automatic logins

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 [at] enricozini.org> and Joachim Breitner <nomeata [at] debian.org>.