bionic (8) nodm.8.gz

NAME

       nodm - X display manager for automatic logins

SYNOPSIS

       nodm [options]

DESCRIPTION

       nodm  is  a  minimal display manager that simply logs in as a given user and starts an X session, without
       asking for username or password.

       On a normal computer, using nodm is a big security issue because it  would  give  anyone  access  to  the
       computer.

       However,  there  are  cases  where automatic login is needed: for example in an embedded system such as a
       mobile phone, or in a kiosk setup, or in a control panel for industrial machinery.  For those cases, nodm
       is simple to setup, lightweight, and it should do exactly the right thing.

OPTIONS

       --help print this help message

       --version
              print nodm's version number

       --verbose
              verbose outpout or logging

       --quiet
              only log warnings and errors

       --nested
              run  a  nested  X  server,  does  not  require  root.  The server defaults to "/usr/bin/Xnest :1",
              override with NODM_X_OPTIONS

       --[no-]syslog
              enable/disable logging to syslog

       --[no-]stderr
              enable/disable logging to stderr

AUTHOR

       nodm  is  written  and  maintained  by  Enrico  Zini   <enrico@enricozini.org>   and   Joachim   Breitner
       <nomeata@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       xinit(1), xdm(1), gdm(1), kdm(1).