[authorization] fails silently for normal users, cannot start server
Package: xserver-xfree86
Version: 4.0.1-9
Severity: important
When I try to start X server as a user, the X server complains that
the authorization has failed and terminates. Likewise when
trying to login from gdm (tried other display managers, too)
I can't paste anything now but as far as I can summarize:
from auth.log, a message like
PAM_unix[...]: authentication failure; (uid=0) -> exa for gdm service
exa is a normal user here, and gdm is the standard gdm. exa's uid is 1000
That's when I try to login from gdm. When I try to login from console
the error is more silent.
PAM_unix[..]: (login) session opened for user exa by LOGIN(uid=0)
what is going on here? :((( none of our users can login to X for the past 6
weeks!!!
help please.
Thanks,
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux borg 2.2.14 #1 Wed Mar 29 19:43:52 EEST 2000 i686
Versions of packages xserver-xfree86 depends on:
ii debconf 0.5.34 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.2-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii xserver-common 4.0.1-11 files and utilities common to all
ii zlib1g 1:1.1.3-11 compression library - runtime
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