https://aripd.com/tags/gnome/ Recent content in Gnome on ARI Systems Hugo en-us ARI Systems Tue, 05 May 2026 17:42:56 +0300 https://aripd.com/blog/gnome/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aripd.com/blog/gnome/ <h2 id="gnome-login-username-prompt-by-default">GNOME login username prompt by default <a href="#gnome-login-username-prompt-by-default" class="permalink"><i class="bi bi-link-45deg"></i></a></h2><p>To force the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) to show a username prompt instead of a user list by default, you must configure GDM to hide the user list. This is often done for security (to prevent username enumeration) or on systems with many users.</p> <div class="code-container"> <div class="code-block"> <div> <div class="code-copy" style="float: right"> <a class="icon-link icon-link-hover link-opacity-50 link-opacity-100-hover" href="#" aria-label="Copy code">Copy</a> </div> </div> <div class="highlight"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"> <table style="border-spacing:0;padding:0;margin:0;border:0;"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0;margin:0;border:0;"> <pre tabindex="0" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1 </span></code></pre></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0;margin:0;border:0;;width:100%"> <pre tabindex="0" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo nano /etc/gdm3/greeter.dconf-defaults</span></span></code></pre></td></tr></table> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="code-container"> <div class="code-block"> <div> <div class="code-copy" style="float: right"> <a class="icon-link icon-link-hover link-opacity-50 link-opacity-100-hover" href="#" aria-label="Copy code">Copy</a> </div> </div> <div class="highlight"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"> <table style="border-spacing:0;padding:0;margin:0;border:0;"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0;margin:0;border:0;"> <pre tabindex="0" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1 </span><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">2 </span><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">3 </span><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">4 </span></code></pre></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0;margin:0;border:0;;width:100%"> <pre tabindex="0" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-ini" data-lang="ini"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#5317ac">[org/gnome/login-screen]</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>disable-user-list<span style="color:#00538b">=</span><span style="color:#2544bb">true</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#505050"># banner-message-enable=true</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#505050"># banner-message-text=&#34;Enter Username&#34;</span></span></span></code></pre></td></tr></table> </div> </div> </div> </div><p><strong>Optional</strong>: You can also add <code>banner-message-enable=true</code> and <code>banner-message-text='Enter Username'</code> to prompt the user.</p>