Re: Bug#81397: [authorization] fails silently for normal users, cannot start server
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Steve Langasek wrote:
SL>On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote:
SL>
SL>> Hamish Moffatt wrote:
SL>> > There IS a debconf question about it.. it's not like it just does it to you
SL>> > without asking. Maybe the debconf priority of the question is too low if
SL>> > too many people are missing it.
SL>
SL>> Do you think this is also what prevented display managers (xdm, gdm, wings
SL>> are the ones that I tries) to function correctly?
SL>
SL>Branden diagnosed this bug correctly. A bug in the X server *cannot* cause
SL>xdm/gdm authentication to fail, unless perhaps Branden has started diverting
SL>files at random. (I'll let you check this if you like. Personally, I have
SL>greater confidence in his integrity as a developer.) The display manager
SL>starts the X server, not the other way around, which means that the X server
SL>has no control over the display manager's behavior; and the authentication
SL>failure you reported came from the display manager and PAM, /not/ from the X
SL>server.
SL>
SL>Is it possible you missed a debconf question that controls authentication for
SL>display managers when you upgraded? Yes, but it certainly wasn't in the X
SL>packages.
It's in one of the xserver packages...-common, I think.
SL>Steve Langasek
SL>postmodern programmer
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