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Re: xdm 'login incorrect'



On Sat, Jun 21, 1997 at 03:52:57AM -0500, Tim O'Brien wrote:
> 
> I know this has to be something simple... 
> 
> I finally got Debian 1.3 installed, and have X up and running with XDM.
> Everything comes up good, the at the login prompt, I enter my login name
> and password which I _know_ are good. XDM tells me it's an invalid login. 
> 
> Any idea what I've done (or not done) ??

This is from memory, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

You have shadow passwords on, and aren't using xdm-shadow. The solution
is to go to VT1 (ctl-alt-f1), and type

shadowconfig off
shadowconfig on

And restart xdm.

Dom
-- 
It was Penguin lust... at its ugliest.


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