sorry. i guess that solution was covered in the document you referenced. (thanks by the way - i had to figure this crap out myself.) maybe i misunderstood your question... On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 4:16 PM, greg boyd <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You need to set a couple of values using dconf. You can find out the keys > to set using: > gsettings list-schemas | grep login > This shows org.gnome.login-screen > > then list the keys using > gsettings list-keys org.gnome.login-screen > > you will find two keys: banner-message-text > and banner-message-enable > > Setting these keys in a file named like 01-login-screen in a directory > under /etc/dconf/db > (im not sure if its gdm.d or local.d), in a file like this: > [org/gnome/login-screen] > banner-message-enable=true > banner-message-text=whatever > > should do it. I'm not sure if you need (or can) quote whatever, and I'm > not sure which directory it must go in (we disable the login list in a file > like this and I just put it in both places - I guess I had trouble with one > of them and duplicated it) > > good luck! > > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Jim Campbell <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> At the bottom of each page in the GNOME docs, there's a short blurb that >> says, "Got a comment? Spotted an error? Found the instructions unclear? >> Send feedback about this page." Sending feedback sends a message to a >> mailing list that is monitored by the docs team. >> >> I think that the person who monitors that mailing list most regularly is >> also the person who works on the sysadmin guide, so submitting your >> feedback there would be as good as a bug report. You can also file a bug >> report, too. >> >> That link is present on all GNOME help docs on the web, by the way. >> >> I think that SL7 is using GNOME 3.8 right now, so this is the page that >> you'd want to check out: >> >> https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/3.8/login-banner.html.en >> >> Jim >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015, at 01:29 PM, Pat Riehecky wrote: >> >> Typically I find the upstream Gnome3 guide a bit more complete: >> https://help.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/index.html.en >> >> I do not see a suitable setting there either..... >> >> Pat >> >> On 08/28/2015 01:23 PM, Nathan Moore wrote: >> >> In older versions of SL one could include the machine name in the login >> banner. Somethings like "%n.university.edu" in the login banner config >> screen would produce "physics1.university.edu" at the login screen. >> >> In the present RHEL7 documentation (link below) I don't see this option >> in the dconf docs. Is there an easy way to include machine name in the gdm >> login screen? >> >> reference, >> <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Guide/customizing-login-screen.html> >> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Desktop_Migration_and_Administration_Guide/customizing-login-screen.html >> >> -- >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Nathan Moore >> Mississippi River and 44th Parallel >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Pat Riehecky >> Scientific Linux developer >> >> Fermi National Accelerator Laboratorywww.fnal.gov www.scientificlinux.org >> >> >> > > > > -- > -- greg > [log in to unmask] > Instructor, Computer Science > http://fog.ccsf.edu/~gboyd > > -- -- greg [log in to unmask] Instructor, Computer Science http://fog.ccsf.edu/~gboyd