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[SECURITY] nodm runs X server without -auth by default, allowing any user to connect

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Hi, I realize this project is no longer maintained, I'm filing this mostly out of due diligence and for future readers. I accidentally noticed that any local user can connect...

CyberShadow

Is this program still being maintained here?

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Hi. This git repository is upstream for the nodm package in debian, https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nodm . I notice there are several opened and even trivial pull requests, and several issues with no...

petterreinholdtsen

Detect X server exit status instead of doing timeouts

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There are 3 reasons why server exited: 1. Crash; 2. Configuration error; 3. User initiative (including Ctrl + Alt + Backspace). Usually they are differentiated by exit code (it also...

midenok

as per https://github.com/mghro/nodm/commit/3d931462fc7ad6f4b8402a90ef0220aa3e83b234 this can be used with #18

mckaygerhard

When systemd tries to kill nodm, nodm restarts itself instead

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I suppose systemd is trying to kill the wrong PID. Eventually, the kill operation times out and systemd hard-kills the process. This happens, for example, when trying to reboot or...

mkaito

NODM_X_OPTIONS not used correctly

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According to the documentation `If the second option (or the first if the first was not recognised as a path to the X server) looks like ":", it is used...

JJK96

I'm noting that with the Raspbian Buster Lite + xserver-xorg + nodm minimalistic installation, you're missing the `xset` command which is useful for adjusting things like turning off the Energy...

OutsourcedGuru

Handle quit signals better

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Fixes #5, nodm will now correctly shut down instead of restarting when systemd tries to kill it This is a repackage of #10, which seems unlikely to ever be rebased...

dgw

When installing on Ubuntu (Raspberry Pi) using "sudo apt-get install nodm -y" the install prompts to ask if I want to enable nodm. Is there way to disable the prompt...

weswitt

Replace nodm with a custom lightdm greeter

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For a while I haven't been using nodm anymore and so I had no motivation for keeping it up to date with modern requirements on display managers. Anyone who would...

spanezz