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. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
