Re: Pre-logon (warning) Banner

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At Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:10:43 -0400 "J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello, everyone.  I've been a long-time Fedora w/Gnome desktop user. 
> I'm currently using Fedora 29 and Gnome 3.30.2.  Many versions ago 
> Fedora/Gnome had a "greeter" capability to display a GUI text banner 
> along with the user(s) logon name/passwd prompt(s).  For console logins 
> using the /etc/issue accomplishes this but then requires the user to use 
> startx to launch the GUI.  (In Windows 10, the text warning banner is 
> easily accomplished via a few registry entries.)
> 
> Does anyone know of a technique to accomplish a GUI Fedora warning 
> banner (e.g. "Use of this computer is restricted to...")?  Thanks for 
> your time and comment.  Sincerely,

Look at /etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults

You configure the greeter.dconf using the dconf editor.  

> 

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Pre-logon (warning) Banner "J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com> - 2019-08-05 08:10 -0400
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    Re: Pre-logon (warning) Banner "J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com> - 2019-08-05 12:06 -0400
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        Re: Pre-logon (warning) Banner "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-08-05 16:34 -0400
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