[kde-linux] SDDM alternatives

[Rex Dieter]

CLOSE Dave wrote:

> F23 with KDE uses the SDDM display manager by default. This is totally
> impractical in an environment, like ours, where users are authenticated
> through the network. There are literally hundreds of possible users.
> Scrolling through that many pseudo-pictures to find yourself is stupid!
> It's also something of a security exposure as everyone learns all the
> possible users of the system. There has to be a way to allow a user to
> explicitly enter his name without having to select it from any kind of
> list. Ideas?

Use a different sddm theme that doesn't include a userlist?

fedora ships a theme named 02-fedora for this purpose, ie, edit 
/etc/sddm.conf to include:
[Theme]
Current=02-fedora

(or, it should fallback to using that one if you remove the sddm-breeze rpm 
package)

-- Rex