Perhaps this is the shadow password thing. Try shadowconfig off then shadowconfig on.
On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Carroll Kong wrote: > Hi guys, I have returned to the list, had to get my processor fixed. > Anyway, I am running Debian 1.3R6 and I want to have an XDM setup so I can > remotely use my resources and afterstep setup rather than another computer's > limited resources and "crappy" windows manager. (afterstep doesn't seem to > install on their side very easily). > I am using typical run levels... run level 2, goes to terminal mode. I > run "xdm"... and one time... i ran it with some arguments and I got it to go > to > the xdm login screen... where I got stuck. Now, I remotely login through a > computer with xdm, and I see my xdm login screen again but this is the "stuck > part." > Everytime I try to login with a valid user account, it says, login > failed. I have a .xsession in the users' home dir. I added the *.domain.name > in the Xaccess part. I am guessing my xdm-config is setup improperly for > authentification. I added DisplayManager*authenticate: true and a few > other > things... still no go. And... I cannot get xdm to start up locally so I can > test it easier. Even when I did get it running locally, still get that "login > failed" even with valid user logins (telnets works fine). > Thanks in advance guys! > > > Carroll Kong > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.networksplus.net/wpmills/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ********************************************************************/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
