Issuing Commands Before the Login Screen Appears

After the X server has started but before the login screen appears, the login server runs the Xsetup script. Xsetup runs with root authority and issues commands needing to be run before the display of the login screen.

To modify Xsetup, copy Xsetup from /usr/dt/config to /etc/dt/config. The next time the login screen is displayed, the modified Xsetup will be run.

Issuing Commands Before Starting the User Session

After the user enters the user name and password and they are authenticated, but before the user session is started, the login server runs the Xstartup script. Xstartup runs with root authority and issues commands needing to be run as root prior to the user session start.

To modify Xstartup, copy Xstartup from /usr/dt/config to /etc/dt/config. The next time the user logs in, the modified Xstartup will be run.

Starting a Desktop Session

By default, the login server starts the user session by running the Xsession script. Xsession runs with the user's authority and issues commands needed to start the desktop.

Do not directly update the Xsession script.

See Chapter 2, Configuring Session Manager , for information on how to customize the user's desktop session startup.