---
name: "nodm"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nodm"
version: "0.13-6.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nodm"
---

# nodm(8)

X display manager for automatic logins

## 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)](/xinit/1.md), [**xdm**(1)](/xdm/1.md), [**gdm**(1)](/gdm/1.md), [**kdm**(1)](/kdm/1.md).