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