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).