Matthias Clasen matthias.clasen@gmail.com 2012 Michael Hill mdhillca@gmail.com 2012 Jana Svarova jana.svarova@gmail.com 2013 Ekaterina Gerasimova kittykat3756@gmail.com 2013 David King davidk@gnome.org 2014 Show extra text on the login screen. Display a text banner on the login screen Michael Hill

Adapted from l-g-o SysAdminGuide page.

You can display extra text on the login screen, such as who to contact for support, by setting the org.gnome.login-screen.banner-message-enable and org.gnome.login-screen.banner-message-text GSettings keys.

Display a text banner on the login screen:

Create a gdm keyfile for machine-wide settings in /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/01-banner-message:

[org/gnome/login-screen] banner-message-enable=true banner-message-text='Type the banner message here.'

There is no character limit for the banner message. gnome-shell autodetects longer stretches of text and enters two column mode.

The banner message cannot be read from an external file.