---
name: "gdm-emulatord"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdm-gdmcompat"
version: "0.13-2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gdm-emulatord"
---

# gdm-emulatord(8)

provides a gdm socket as front-end for kdmctl

## NAME

**gdm-emulatord** - provides a gdm socket as front-end for kdmctl

## SYNOPSIS

**gdm-emulatord**

## DESCRIPTION

**gdm-emulatord** is a system daemon and should only run once on the system. It listens on the unix socket normally provided by gdm and relays the commands (usually received from gnome-screensaver) to kdmctl.

## AUTHOR

**gdm-emulatord** and this manual page was written by Fabian Knittel and put under the GNU GPL; either version 2 of the license, or (at your option) any later version.