Bug 708276 - No way to disable user-list in GDM, previous hacks no longer work.
Summary: No way to disable user-list in GDM, previous hacks no longer work.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Owen Taylor
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-27 05:41 UTC by Gilboa Davara
Modified: 2013-02-13 19:47 UTC (History)
19 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 19:47:26 UTC
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Description Gilboa Davara 2011-05-27 05:41:38 UTC
Due to security reasons I want to disable the face login in F15 on all laptops / netbooks.
In previous Fedora releases, I could either manually use gconf or from command line, type:
gconftool-2 –direct –config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults –type bool –set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

However, on two F15 machines (one upgraded, other fresh install) GDM seem to ignore this key completely.

- Gilboa

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Comment 9 Red Crayon 2011-06-25 06:20:22 UTC
I also experience this.  tried gconf-editor, but even 
with /apps/gdm/simple-greeter "disable_user_list" checked,
it does not seem to change behavior.

Please, someone make this high priority.

It's a security issue.

Comment 10 Eric Doutreleau 2011-08-25 10:23:43 UTC
well i just try the gcongtool-2 commands and it works

Comment 11 Red Crayon 2011-08-25 10:53:41 UTC
 gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type bool --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list true

seems to work for me, now.

it did not work after F15 fresh install

(something updated in the meantime?)

Comment 12 Eric Doutreleau 2011-08-25 11:00:28 UTC
i m using gdm-3.0.4

Comment 13 Gilboa Davara 2011-12-16 06:18:34 UTC
Tried Red's gconf command under F16 and/or by trying to manually edit the gdm entry using gconf-editor, the user list is still displayed.
Gaah.

- Gilboa

Comment 14 Riccardo 2012-01-10 13:51:58 UTC
Same here. I'm using GDM 3.2.1.1 and I can't find a working way to disable the user list... is this problem going to haunt as for long? :'( Please, we need to be able to configure again GDM.

Comment 15 William Guelker 2012-01-25 21:03:54 UTC
My organization requires a disabled user list, and a threatening banner.  For now with F16 my post-install setup script does this:

mv /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session /root/
cp /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-fallback.session /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session

gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type bool --set "/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_enable" "true"
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type string --set "/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/banner_message_text" "THIS SYSTEM IS RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED USERS ONLY.  INDIVIDUALS ATTEMPTING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS WILL BE PROSECUTED."
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type bool --set "/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list" "true"

This disables F16's gdm-mode GNOME shell login screen in favor of traditional gdm-greeter, which does observe the gconf keys.

Kind of inelegant, but it works for now, until they change things some more....

Comment 16 Jimmy Dorff 2012-03-03 02:25:26 UTC
I can confirm this is also not working in Fedora 17 Alpha. 
gdm-3.2.1.1-14.fc17.x86_64

I will also reiterate that disabling the user-list a *vital* need.

Comment 17 Bill Nottingham 2012-04-30 17:12:23 UTC
There's the disable-user-list dconf key for org.gnome.login-screen. The shell doesn't honor this.

Moving component.

Comment 18 Matthias Clasen 2012-05-07 17:12:28 UTC
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660660
Is the upstream bug that has the patch

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