Re: [tlug] non-login users [solved]

[Hector Akamine <akamine@example.com>]

Hello,

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Hector Akamine <akamine@example.com> wrote:
>
> wsgiuser:x:501:502::/tmp:/sbin/nologin
>
> The problem is that fedora's GUI login screen lists wsgiuser as a
> login user (I am using KDE in fedora 15. I don't know how this window
> manager stuff works, but I think this login screen is gnome's and then
> somehow KDE is started)  It seems that  useradd created an entry for
> this user in a file other that /etc/password, which is referred by the
> GUI login application. Any hint on what I should modify to prevent
> this non-login user to appear?

It seems that gdm (the app that shows fedora GUI login screen) shows
all user accounts by default (in fedora, users with UID greater than
500 are considered user accounts). After I changed this user's UID
with a value less than 500 it isn't shown anymore, which is what I
wanted. More info here:

http://serverfault.com/questions/282078/fedora-15-machine-accounts-show-at-login

Best regards,
Hector