Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:42:02PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > On 25 Nov 2002, 21:43:56, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > > BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . .=20 > > > > xdm probably runs as root, so you

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-25 Thread Doug MacFarlane
On 25 Nov 2002, 21:43:56, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . .=20 > > xdm probably runs as root, so you'll want to be careful with what you > run on the login screen, since anyon

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 07:58:53PM +, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > BTW - I figured it out - put the command in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup . . . xdm probably runs as root, so you'll want to be careful with what you run on the login screen, since anyone who walks up to your machine will fairly trivially b

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-21 Thread Doug MacFarlane
On 21 Nov 2002, 14:42:06, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 13:27, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > >=20 > > Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to > > display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or > > top? Similar to how the console

Re: Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-21 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 13:27, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to > display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or > top? Similar to how the console is displayed? > > I have a system that froze on the login

Displaying Output on xdm login screen

2002-11-21 Thread Doug MacFarlane
Is there a way, with xdm (or gdm or some other login display manager) to display the output of a program running in the background, say gkrellm or top? Similar to how the console is displayed? I have a system that froze on the login screen and the clients looked at it and saw the login screen an