On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Yeah, this happened to me too. I guess it's a bug. Just do the following as > root > and let xdm restart > > mkdir /var/lib/xdm > mkdir /var/lib/xdm/authdir > chmod 700 /var/lib/xdm/authdir > mkdir /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles > chmod 700 /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles > > You get the 'unsecure session' because xdm didn't run the xserver with auth > control. This happens because it wants to use the aforementioned directories > for > the XAUTHORITY file it creates. The dirs don't exists so it can't do this and > just turns off auth control. Someone should file a bug report. Since I gave > you > the answer, how 'bout you? 8)
Alas, someone beat me to it (reported 4/28/98): http://www.us.debian.org/Bugs/db/21/21782.html I apologize for not searching through the bug reports more thoroughly. Thanks, Tim ==== Tim Buller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Specialist Snow Hall 643, (785) 864-7311 Department of Mathematics University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
