lightdm

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with lightdm
   • What lightdm affects
   • Beginning with lightdm
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.

Overview

This is a simple Puppet module for managing the lightdm display-manager and setting lightdm as the system-wide display-manager for systemd systems.

Setup

What lightdm affects

• Installs lightdm package
• Manages /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
• Manages /etc/lightdm/users.conf
• Manages /etc/X11/default-display-manager

Beginning with lightdm

include '::lightdm'

Usage

Typical usage will involve installing lightdm and setting it as the default display-manager for the machine. We can also use the module to write out a lightdm.conf for configuring lightdm.

class { '::lightdm':
  config => {
    'Seat:*' => {
      'greeter-show-manual-login' => 'true'
    }
}

Reference

Parameters

config

Hash of configuration sections and keys/values to apply to lightdm.conf

config_users

Hash of configuration sections and keys/values to apply to users.conf

greeter

Which greeter to install and configure as the default.

make_default

Boolean. If true the module will set lightdm as the default X11 display-manager and update the systemd display-manager.service symlink to point to lightdm.

service_manage

Boolean. If true the module will restart lightdm after config changes.

Limitations

This module has been built on and tested against Puppet 3.x.

This module has been tested on:

• Ubuntu 16.04