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
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