Re: Odd problem with PAM and KDM
On Tuesday 09 March 2004 18:06, Kent West wrote:
> David Goodenough wrote:
> >On Tuesday 09 March 2004 16:52, Kent West wrote:
> >>David Goodenough wrote:
> >>>On Tuesday 09 March 2004 15:12, Kent West wrote:
> >>>>David Goodenough wrote:
> >>>>>I have a laptop which has been running Debian for around 2 years now,
> >>>>>with a user ID for me which works just fine. I can log on to a line
> >>>>>mode console or use KDM to log on to KDE - no problems. The machine
> >>>>> is running Sid, and is pretty well up to date.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Recently I added a user ID for my son so that he could use this
> >>>>> machine for some school work. He claims he did nothing out of the
> >>>>> ordinary, but after a history lesson he stopped being able to log
> >>>>> into KDE [but can log into a console].
> >>>>
> >>>>Can you log into KDM? (IOW, does it just affect his account?)
> >>>
> >>>Yes, my account behaves perfectly normally, and has done so both before
> >>>and after his account was created. I think it may be all new accounts
> >>>that have this problem. I created another account, and that too had
> >>>the problem.
> >>
> >>How did you create the accounts? Using "adduser" or some other method?
> >
> >adduser
>
> Some thoughts.
>
> Try a different wm/de, such as icewm or wmaker
no difference
>
> Switch session managers (apt-get install gdm) and see if the problem is
> there also.
same problem. It shows a bit different, but basically it says that the user
password combination is wrong, but they are exactly the same as those
that work on a command line login.
>
> Look at /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc for any restrictions/privs specific to your
> account/other than your account.
none visible
>
> Directory mask on new users?
mine is drwr-sr-x
his is drwr-xr-x
which is odd becuause on all the other machines I have mine is drwr-xr-x!
>
> Xauthority issues for new users?
The .Xauthority file in each directory exists and is empty
>
> --
> Kent
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