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.TH "LIGHTDM" "1" "2015/11/14"
.nh
.ad l
.SH "NAME"
lightdm-webkit2-greeter \- Themeable greeter for LightDM which uses webkit2.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBlightdm-webkit2-greeter\fR\ 'u
\fBlightdm-webkit2-greeter\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
lightdm-webkit2-greeter is a LightDM greeter that uses webkit2 as the theming
engine. Greeters can be written in a combination of HTML and Javascript\&.
.PP
.SH "API"
.PP
The following functions must be provided by the custom greeter, which LightDM
will call in the process of authenticating the user\&.
.PP
\fBshow_prompt(text, type)\fR
.RS 4
This will be called when LightDM needs to prompt the user for some reason, such
as asking for a password\&. The "text" parameter will be the text of the
prompt, and the "type" parameter will either be "text" for a visible prompt, or
"password" for a prompt that the input should be hidden\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBshow_message(text, type)\fR
.RS 4
This will be called when LightDM needs to display some info for the user\&.
The "text" parameter will be the text of the
message, and the "type" parameter will either be "info" for an information
message, or "error" for an error message that LightDM has encountered\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBauthentication_complete()\fR
.RS 4
This function is called by LightDM when authentication has completed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBautologin_timer_expired()\fR
.RS 4
This function is called by LightDM when an autologin user's login timer has
expired. The greeter should reset the authentication process\&.
.RE
.PP
The following functions are available for the greeter to call to execute
actions within LightDM\&.
.PP
\fBlightdm.start_authentication(name)\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the name of the user we'd like to start authenticating as\&. Note that
if you pass an empty string (""), LightDM (via PAM) will issue a show_prompt()
call to ask for the username\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBlightdm.respond(text)\fR
.RS 4
When LightDM has prompted for input, provide the response to the input\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBlightdm.login(user, session)\fR
.RS 4
Once LightDM has successfully authenticated the user, start the user's session
by calling this function\&. "user" is the authenticated user, and "session" is
the user's session\&.
.RE
.PP
Variables available within the greeter are:
.PP
\fBlightdm.authentication_user\fR
.RS 4
The authenticated user\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBlightdm.default_session\fR
.RS 4
The default session for the system\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBlightdm.is_authenticated\fR
.RS 4
Indicates if the user has successfully authenticated\&.
.RE
.PP
Please see the LightDM API documentation for the complete list of calls
available. The lightdm-webkit2-greeter implements all of the LightDM API.
.PP
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
.PP
\fB/etc/lightdm/lightdm-webkit2-greeter.conf\fR
.RS 4
Keyfile that contains one key: webkit-theme\&. This should point to which
theme the greeter should use.
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
\fB/usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes\fR
.RS 4
Directory where themes should be stored\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Please see the "simple" theme that is shipped with
lightdm-webkit2-greeter\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
http://people.ubuntu.com/~robert-ancell/lightdm/reference/core.html
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
lightdm-webkit-greeter was written by Robert Ancell <robert.ancell\&@canonical\&.com\&>\&.
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