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I'm using CentOS 5.5 with Gnome Desktop Enironment. By default, after system boot i get Gnome's login screen. Independently, I can log in through SSH and execute commands.

Is there any command line tool, that would log user in to GNOME ?

I know, there is AutomaticLogin feature in GNOME [daemon] section in /etc/gdm/custom.conf file , but I don't want to use it. I would like to be able do it "on demand" from SSH command line.

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Not really much help here as I use KDE. But I do the same thing you're trying with kdmctl. There might be an analog for it in gnome, but I couldn't really say. – Migs Dec 18 '12 at 12:15

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From your ssh session, have you tried to launch gnome-session? You just need an X-server running on your client computer.

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Doesn't work. Produces error "(gnome-session:3758): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: ". I've also tried running scripts located in /etc/gdm/ - no success as well. – malloc4k Feb 21 '12 at 21:51
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Are you running ssh with -X or the ForwardX11 option set to Yes? It sounds like X forwarding isn't happening. – Edd Steel Feb 22 '12 at 16:54

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