Package: xdm Version: 1:1.0.4-1 Severity: normal
/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup includes a couple of commented-out lines that seem to have been intended to report a "no home directory" condition to the user. I propose the following in their place: # Warn if the user's home directory does not exist. # It seems that $HOME is set to / after this script # is executed, so we can't just compare $HOME with ~$USER. if [ ! -d `eval echo ~$USER` ] then xmessage "Home directory does not exist!" fi (In NFS environments, missing home directories are not uncommon. Console logon reports the condition loudly. In an Xsession the results can be odd, e.g. lost preferences. Showing a message is important.) Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
