Re: GDM: remove visible user list Was: Re: Lucid changed background color

You could also use the GDM2Setup utility from the Launchpad PPA:
https://launchpad.net/gdm2setup

It adds the old config options back in for the login experience, such as
Userlist control.



"Switching" to gdm is the essential ingredient because the login
screen is displayed through the gdm user.

For the record, three ways (that I know of; you could probably edit
some xml file (in ~gdm/gconf or ~gdm/gconf.d?)):

1. Logged in as you:

in alt-f2 or in terminal

$ sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type boolean
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

2. Logged in as you:

- in alt-f2 or in terminal
$ sudo/gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gconf-editor

- select
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter

- set
disable_user_list
to true

- close gconf-editor

3. At the login screen:

- at another tty
login
$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
$ sudo -u gdm gconf-editor

- at tty7

. select
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter

. set
disable_user_list
to true

. close gconf-editor

- at the other tty
$ exit

- at tty7
login

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