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Question How do I disable auto-logon for a non-root user account? Answer To discontinue auto-logon: 1. When booting and the Linux kernel is loading, press Esc to see the glass window and kernel messages. 2. Watch carefully, and when nearly completed, the system prompts you to stop the auto-logon by pressing Y. You have 2 seconds to press this key. If you press y, the system bypasses auto-logon and enables the root to log on. NOTE: You can modify the script to change the prompt message, the two-second time delay, and the key response to something other than y. How do I launch Connection Administrator? Example C 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2. 2. Log on as root. 3. Type xinit /usr/share/hp/panel/ hpusers_app -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 1. Modify the following file: /home/user's_name/.xsession with the vi editor. 2. Add the following line between #!/bin/sh and exec x-window-manager: /usr/bin/cman & How do I lock the desktop for users to resemble Kiosk mode? To configure the user's desktop settings: 1. Log on as the user and delete any unwanted icons. NOTE: If you do not want desktop icons and wallpaper, comment out or remove the line that starts rox in ~/.xsession. 2. To configure the user's desktop, log on as root and copy several files from /etc/x11/icewm to the user's profile to control the display of the Windows Manager. For example, copy three files (preferences, toolbar, programs) from /etc/x11/icewm to /home/ user's_name/.icewm. NOTE: The examples listed here use user as the autologin account; therefore the path to the user's home directory is /home/user 3. Edit the files as necessary. The preferences file controls aspects of the Windows Manager such as taskbar and hotkeys, ShowTaskBar=0 to hide the taskbar. Set MinimizeToDesktop=1 to show the desktop. The toolbar file controls programs available on the toolbar. 70 Chapter 6 Frequently Asked Questions ENWW

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Question
Answer
How do I disable auto-logon for a non-root user account?
To discontinue auto-logon:
1
.
When booting and the Linux kernel is loading, press
Esc
to see the glass window and kernel messages.
2
.
Watch carefully, and when nearly completed, the system
prompts you to stop the auto-logon by pressing
Y
. You
have 2 seconds to press this key. If you press
y
, the system
bypasses auto-logon and enables the root to log on.
NOTE:
You can modify the script to change the
prompt message, the two-second time delay, and
the key response to something other than
y
.
Example C
1
.
Press
Ctrl+Alt+F2
.
2
.
Log on as root.
3
.
Type
xinit /usr/share/hp/panel/
hpusers_app –– /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1
How do I launch Connection Administrator?
1
.
Modify the following file: /home/user's_name/.xsession
with the vi editor.
2
.
Add the following line between
#!/bin/sh
and
exec
x-window-manager
:
/usr/bin/cman &
How do I lock the desktop for users to resemble Kiosk mode?
To configure the user's desktop settings:
1
.
Log on as the user and delete any unwanted icons.
NOTE:
If you do not want desktop icons and
wallpaper, comment out or remove the line that
starts
rox in ~/.xsession
.
2
.
To configure the user's desktop, log on as root and copy
several files from /etc/x11/icewm to the user's profile to
control the display of the Windows Manager.
For example, copy three files (preferences, toolbar,
programs) from /etc/x11/icewm to /home/
user's_name/.icewm.
NOTE:
The examples listed here use user as the
autologin account; therefore the path to the user's
home directory is /home/user
3
.
Edit the files as necessary.
The preferences file controls aspects of the Windows
Manager such as taskbar and hotkeys,
ShowTaskBar
=0
to hide the taskbar. Set
MinimizeToDesktop=1
to show
the desktop.
The toolbar file controls programs available on the toolbar.
70
Chapter
6
Frequently Asked Questions
ENWW