---
name: "sdm-login"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "sdm-terminal"
version: "0.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sdm-login"
---

# sdm-login(8)

prompts a user for login

## NAME

sdm-login - prompts a user for login

## SYNOPSIS

**sdm-login**

## DESCRIPTION

presents the user with a login screen, using [**zenity**(1)](/zenity/1.md), similar to the [**xdm**(1)](/xdm/1.md) login prompt.  instead of using the XDMCP protocol,  **sdm-login** uses [**ssh**(1)](/ssh/1.md) X11 Forwarding to encrypt the entire ssh session.

configuration options are defined in */etc/sdm/sdm.config* and */etc/sdm/sdm.config.$hostname*

if autologin is set to yes, the login prompt will not be displayed, and **sdm-login** will attempt to log in as the same user as the hostname of the system, unless the user variable is defined in one of the configuration files.

## FILES

*/etc/sdm/sdm.config* */etc/sdm/sdm.config.$hostname*

## BUGS

does not respond properly to kill signals.

## AUTHOR

Vagrant Cascadian \<vagrant@freegeek.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[**sdm**(8)](/sdm/8.md), [**xdm**(1)](/xdm/1.md), [**X**(7)](/X/7.md), [**zenity**(1)](/zenity/1.md)