LFCS · Question #708
Your department decided to change the Gnome Display Manager's greeting. What configuration file should you edit?
The correct answer is D. /etc/X11/gdm/lnit/Default. The greeting message for the Gnome Display Manager (GDM) is typically configured within a script or configuration file found in /etc/X11/gdm/ or similar paths, often specifically /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default for older GDM versions.
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- A/etc/gnome/greeting
- B/opt/gnome/share/greeting
- C/etc/X11/gmd.conf
- D/etc/X11/gdm/lnit/Default
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(45 responses)- A4% (2)
- B2% (1)
- D93% (42)
Why each option
The greeting message for the Gnome Display Manager (GDM) is typically configured within a script or configuration file found in `/etc/X11/gdm/` or similar paths, often specifically `/etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default` for older GDM versions.
`/etc/gnome/greeting` is not a standard path for GDM configuration.
`/opt/gnome/share/greeting` is not a standard path for GDM configuration; `/opt` is for optional software, and `/share` for architecture-independent data.
`/etc/X11/gmd.conf` is a plausible path, but the correct primary GDM configuration filename is `gdm.conf` (not `gmd.conf`), and greeting customization was more commonly done via initialization scripts like those in `Init/Default` for older GDM versions.
For older versions of GDM (which this question implies by referencing `gdm` directly and specific paths), the `Default` script within the `/etc/X11/gdm/Init/` directory was often the place to customize the GDM greeting, as it contained initialization commands executed when GDM started. In more modern GDM versions (GDM3), these settings are typically managed via `gdm.conf` or dconf, but given the options, `Default` in the `Init` directory is the historical correct answer for direct script-based greeting modification.
Concept tested: GDM greeting configuration (older GDM)
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