Logon Screen Options

In Red Hat Linux's default configuration, the system boots to a graphical desktop environment. (For more information on how this is configured, see Chapters 1 through 3.) If you've left your system configured this way, when you turn it on, after various processing steps, the Red Hat Linux 6 logon screen will appear.

Figure 6.1. You can click Options on the logon screen to select the Session, Language, or System option.

As its name implies, you use this screen to enter your logon identification and password. In addition, using the fly-out menus that appear when you click the Options button, you can:

  • Choose a session,

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