Indeed, at "allow-all-access" on the xdm man page, one could mention parts of this from the nodm man page, However, there are cases where automatic login is needed: for example in an embedded system such as a mobile phone, or in a kiosk setup, or in a control panel for industrial machinery. For those cases, nodm is simple to setup, lightweight, and it should do exactly the right thing. and add nodm(8) to SEE ALSO,