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NAME

6       nodm - X display manager for automatic logins
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SYNOPSIS

9       nodm [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       nodm  is  a minimal display manager that simply logs in as a given user
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15       On a normal computer, using nodm is a big  security  issue  because  it
16       would give anyone access to the computer.
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18       However,  there  are cases where automatic login is needed: for example
19       in an embedded system such as a mobile phone, or in a kiosk  setup,  or
20       in  a control panel for industrial machinery.  For those cases, nodm is
21       simple to setup, lightweight, and it should do exactly the right thing.
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OPTIONS

24       --help print this help message
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26       --version
27              print nodm's version number
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29       --verbose
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36              run a nested X server, does not require root.   The  server  de‐
37              faults to "/usr/bin/Xnest :1", override with NODM_X_OPTIONS
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39       --[no-]syslog
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AUTHOR

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

50       xinit(1), xdm(1), gdm(1), kdm(1).
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54nodm version 0.13                January 2023                          NODM(8)