Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

[Mitchell Laks <mlaks@post.harvard.edu>]

On 00:31 Wed 26 Aug     , Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Tue,25.Aug.09, 17:11:45, Mitchell Laks wrote:
>  
> > Recall that if I change the login directory to 
> > /home/bill/temp in /etc/passwd
> > then bill can startx just as any other user can. it is only 
> > from the /home/bill that x fails (silently :()
> 
> What are the permissions of that directory?
> 
> Regards,
> Andrei
> -- 
> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
> (Albert Einstein)

the permissions on 
/home/bill are the same as every other home directory
drwxr-xr-x
those of
/home/bill/test
are the same...

:(

mitchell