Re: Login possible only with root

[Ronny Aasen <ronny@skolelinux.no>]

RalfGesellensetter wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 30 August 2007 16:16 schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen:
>   
> > Not sure about the wording, but the requirement is that the directory
> > exist on a main-server(+whatever) installation.  It can be a separate
> > partition or just a subdirectory.
> >     
>
> How about giving a meaningful error message if the directory doesn't 
> exist? "Please, make sure, the home base directory '/t/s/h0' exists and 
> is writable for root". As LWAT deligates the creation of users to a 
> cronjob, this feedback cannot be given from within the web interface 
> (immediately). Hence it has to go to a log file that should be 
> displayble by LWAT (new section: last logs?).
>
> What do you think?
> Regards
> Ralf
>   
mail to root would be more easy for users to pickup i think. they'd get 
notified when they login. and if they forward root's mail to a 
administrative account they'd recive it there. a single line in a log is 
often like the needle and the haystack.

Ronny