= Displaying a User Prompt on the GNOME Login Screen
Harsh Jain 
:revnumber: all
:revdate: 2020
:category: Customization
:tags: How-to Workstation Gnome
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To show a user prompt instead of a list of users on the GNOME login screen, open a terminal and perform the following steps:

. Create a file for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) configuration.
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$ sudo mkdir /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d
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$ sudo vim /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/01-hide-users
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. In a text editor of your choice, `vim` in this example, insert the following content to the `/etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/01-hide-users` file:
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[org/gnome/login-screen]
banner-message-enable=true
banner-message-text='ENTER ANY MESSAGE YOU WANT HERE. FOR A NEW LINE USE \n.'
disable-restart-buttons=true
disable-user-list=true
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[NOTE]
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To not display the banner message, do not include the first and second line. To enable the `Restart` button, do not include the fourth line.
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Save the file and return to the terminal.

. Create another file for GDM configuration.
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$ sudo vim /etc/dconf/profile/gdm
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Insert the following content in the `/etc/dconf/profile/gdm` file:
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user-db:user
system-db:gdm
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Save the file.

. Enter the following command:
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$ sudo dconf update
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. Check if the command was executed correctly:
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$ ls /etc/dconf/db
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The output should contain the following:
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gdm gdm.d ... [output truncated]
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. Restart GDM for the changes to take effect.
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$ sudo systemctl restart gdm
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