> > What happens? Does it just say something to the effect of "login denied" > or does it start to go and then return to the gdm greeter screen after a > few seconds?
The screen shakes and I get incorrect username or password. If gdm is stopped, can the user run startx after logging in > from the console? Yes and kde starts. > If it's gdm denying the login, check gdm's config file for options that > may exclude certain users or allow only certain users. I haven't used > gdm in a long while and can't give the exact config directives you're > looking for. Nothing I can see to be a problem. > In all other cases, look at the user's ~/.xsession-errors file. Is the > user specifying something in ~/.Xsession that isn't working correctly? > Is that file in any way different from the "successful user"'s file? Neither user has a .Xsession or .xsession file. You might also want to have a look at /var/log/XFree86.log and > /var/log/auth.log to look for error messages relating to your failed > logins. /var/log/auth.log May 2 18:06:09 meridian1 PAM_unix[1331]: authentication failure; (uid=0) -> pamela for gdm service May 2 18:06:11 meridian1 gdm[1331]: Couldn't authenticate user May 2 18:06:14 meridian1 PAM_unix[1331]: bad username [] May 2 18:06:14 meridian1 gdm[1331]: Couldn't authenticate user May 2 18:06:21 meridian1 PAM_unix[1331]: (gdm) session opened for user root by (uid=0) May 2 18:08:01 meridian1 PAM_unix[1421]: (cron) session opened for user mail by (uid=0) May 2 18:08:02 meridian1 PAM_unix[1421]: (cron) session closed for user mail May 2 18:08:03 meridian1 PAM_unix[1331]: (gdm) session closed for user root May 2 18:08:23 meridian1 PAM_unix[1434]: (login) session opened for user pamela by LOGIN(uid=0) May 2 18:23:01 meridian1 PAM_unix[1549]: (cron) session opened for user mail by (uid=0) May 2 18:23:02 meridian1 PAM_unix[1549]: (cron) session closed for user mail May 2 18:26:42 meridian1 PAM_unix[1562]: (ftp) session opened for user pamela by (uid=0) May 2 18:27:10 meridian1 PAM_unix[1562]: (ftp) session closed for user pamela May 2 18:27:49 meridian1 PAM_unix[1054]: (ssh) session closed for user root May 2 18:27:49 meridian1 sshd[1054]: PAM pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; MAIL May 2 18:28:33 meridian1 sshd[1565]: Accepted keyboard-interactive for pamela from 192.168.0.2 port 34109 ssh2 May 2 18:28:33 meridian1 PAM_unix[1565]: (ssh) session opened for user pamela by (uid=0) May 2 18:28:39 meridian1 PAM_unix[1565]: (ssh) session closed for user pamela As you can see pamela can login by console, ssh, and ftp, just not from gdm. > good times, > Vineet > > -- > Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area > Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume.shtml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
