Re: X with shadow-passwords
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 05:13:12PM +0000, estoy@ver.megared.net.mx wrote:
> Could anybody help me? I can't start an X session as unprivileged
> user.
>
> Using xdm neither unprivileged-user or root can login
> Using startx just root can login
>
> I read in the LinuxFAQ that it might be due to use of non-shadow
> password programs (as startx, X, xinit, etc). Since I'm using
> shadow-password "protection" in my system, I think this could be the
> problem.
>
> Does anybody know what version of xfree86 has this shadow-password
> compatibility?
> Is there any chance I get my actual version (3.3.6) to work with
> shadow-password compatibility?
>
> I really appreciate any sugestion since I'm a newbie-Debian-user (Is
> this the reason why nobody answer my questions?, this is not the
> newbie mailing list I thought )
X does not need to know anything about shadow passwords since libc handles
all of that. Check this:
# ls -l /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /usr/X11R6/bin/X
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1686 Jun 14 01:59 /etc/passwd
-rw-r----- 1 root shadow 1038 Jun 14 01:58 /etc/shadow
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 11584 Jul 7 12:07 /usr/X11R6/bin/X
Do you perms match these? Also, what is contained in /etc/X11/Xserver?
Ben
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