On Lu, 26 dec 11, 15:37:03, Russell Coker wrote: > > > > At least a couple of years ago if you left /home with no free space, kdm > > (or something under the hood) would be unable to create ~/.Xauthority-* > > files, making it impossible to log into a graphical session. Still true with Squeeze. > That is a DOS against the user not against the system. If the system is a laptop and it is many thousand miles away from the admin, with no internet access (because for setting up a new wireless connection you also need the GUI), then yes, it is for all means and purposes DOSed. (No, this is not hypothetical, and I managed to fixed it only because my mother is not unfamiliar with the console, but it was a pain to diagnose this over the telephone) Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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