[Tfug] xdm vs login

[Bexley Hall]

> > Is there any way I can hack xdm (via its configuration files)
> > to *run* login (effectively) so that logins through xdm are
> > *identical* (functionally) with those through login(1)?
> 
> by *identical*, do you mean after logging into xdm, the
> system shuts
> down xorg and has you sitting there logged in at a virtual
> terminal?
> Or do you mean equivalent to logging in at the console and
> running
> startx? Seems like since login can be via a console,
> terminal, ssh,
> etc., the effect of logging in with login and xdm have to
> (or at least
> should) be different. Or is this a session / bashprofile
> issue?

I had to hack the xdm sources to get it to behave as I wanted.
Annoying but I guess there really isn;t any easy way to
"wrap" login(1) without serious security compromises...