Debian bug report logs - #1798
/etc/login has no effect when using xdm from other machines

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Subject: /etc/login has no effect when using xdm from other machines
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Package: xdm

Instead of testing for "/etc/nologin" in "/etc/X11/Xstartup", the testing
should be done in "/etc/X11/Xsession".
And a "-geometry +100+100" will make it look nicer; probably a "-bg 
yellow" will wake up the user ...

Winfried