Re: shadow question

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,
>>"Adam" == Adam Shand <larry@earthlight.co.nz> writes:

Adam> Yep that's what happens... if I put in the wrong password it
Adam> comes up with "Login incorrect" as it should but if I put in the
Adam> right passwd it all but logs in and then goes back to the xdm
Adam> login window...  I can login via telnet or virtual console so I
Adam> doubt it's shadow... (though installing shadow does appear to be
Adam> what broke it...).  I'm using afterstep pre4 if it matters.

	Pardon me for asking such a simple question, but did you
 remember to switch to xdm-shadow?

	This is what I did:

__> cd  /usr/X11R6/bin/
__> mv xdm xdm.old
__> ln xdm-shadow xdm
__> ll /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm*
  82 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  82372 Jan 13 21:11 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
  82 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  82372 Jan 13 21:11 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm-shadow
  82 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  82148 Jan 13 21:11 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm.old

	and xdm and shadow lived happily ever after ...


		manoj

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Manoj Srivastava               <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
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