The Sequence of Events When CDE Starts

The following section is a blow-by-blow account of what happens when a user logs into CDE. In this particular account, assume a distributed topology like a diskless cluster. The account begins with the boot of the hub system and nodes in step 1. By step 4, X servers are running on each node and login screens are being displayed. By step 6, the user is logged in. By step 11, the session manager is busy re-creating the user's session.

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The dtlogin executable is started as part of the init process that occurs during the system boot sequence on the hub machine and each cluster node.
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dtlogin reads /usr/dt/config/Xconfig to get a list of resources with which to configure the login process. This is where ...

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