Re: Shadow passwords under X...
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Curt Howland wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I've been wrestling with X, just like everyone else it would
> seem. However, I've gotten it *almost* working. The trouble
> now seems to be related to shadow passwords.
>
> I have shadow passwords turned on, under Debian 1.3. However,
> the X login started automatically at boot does not recognize
> any of the valid userID/password combinations.
>
> My assumption is that X does not know about shadow passwords,
> and from my investigations it seems I may be correct.
>
> 1) Is there a setting to make it work?
>
> 2) If !1, then how do I turn off the automatic X boot-up
> so I can startx after logging on?
>
I believe all you have to do is ctrl-alt-f1 to the first vc, log in as
root and run
shadowconfig off;shadowconfig on
and you should be able to log if from xdm.
HTH,
Shaya
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