File	Date	Author	Commit
conf	2013-09-03	Mike Sharov	[a2edf5] Add PAM, systemd conf files. Man page.
.gitignore	2013-08-25	Mike Sharov	[12aa65] Rename to loginx
Config.mk.in	2016-12-23	Mike Sharov	[c525e7] Update build system
LICENSE	2013-08-26	Mike Sharov	[45db0c] Add README and LICENSE for github
Makefile	2016-12-23	Mike Sharov	[09f7e0] Fix install naming
README	2017-01-28	Mike Sharov	[a711e4] Mention Xwrapper settings for disabling rootless X
config.h.in	2016-12-23	Mike Sharov	[946e24] Put xsession-errors in tmp
configure	2016-12-23	Mike Sharov	[c525e7] Update build system
defs.h	2013-09-29	Mike Sharov	[c15a94] Write motd and last login after suid
loginx.c	2017-02-28	Mike Sharov	[6c054d] Create an Xauthority file for each display
pam.c	2017-01-13	Mike Sharov	[dac8c1] Write shell utmp exit record before cancelling ...
uacct.c	2017-01-13	Mike Sharov	[dac8c1] Write shell utmp exit record before cancelling ...
ui.c	2017-01-13	Mike Sharov	[dac8c1] Write shell utmp exit record before cancelling ...
usess.c	2017-03-11	Mike Sharov	[596363] Log an error when X fails to start and falling ...

Read Me

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This is a combination of getty, login, and xinit for use on Linux
console. While it is possible to use those directly, a single executable
is simpler and can do a few extra things to require less typing during
login.

Features:

- A curses-based login prompt. A nice thing to have for those of use who
  do not want to use xdm but find getty a little bare.
- Remembers last login name so you don't have to type it every time. In
  the login dialog press tab, up, or down, to cycle through available
  usernames. Very convenient on a family PC where security is not tight.
- Will launch X if you have ~/.xinitrc or your login shell otherwise. If
  X fails to start, loginx falls back to the plain shell.

Installation:

./configure && make install

Use it like you would getty. The command is "loginx tty1", and you'd add
it to inittab, somewhere in rc.d, in a copy of systemd's getty@.service,
or whatever correct location your distribution's init system requires.

make install will by default install loginx@.service to the systemd
system directory. Enable with "systemctl enable loginx@tty1". You may
need to disable getty and display manager first.

Rootless X is not supported, so on those systems you need to configure
the wrapper by creating /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config with:
    allowed_users = anybody
    needs_root_rights = yes

Also, you'll need a valid PAM configuration file. make install will
install one that ought to work. If not, copy /etc/pam.d/login to
/etc/pam.d/loginx.