Here is the answer I was given by somebody on this list last week.
#/etc/pam.conf
# tricky tricky forgive me
xserver auth sufficient pam_permit.so no_use
# If we don't match anything else, default to using getpwnam().
other auth required pam_unix.so
try_first_pass
other account required pam_unix.so
try_first_pass
Tom Veldhouse
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave J. Boers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Steve Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: troubles with X
> On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 06:28:02PM -0600, Steve Price wrote:
> > For some reason now I can't startx(1) as either myself or root.
> > I type startx and the PAM auth routines loop forever printing
> > out 'Password:'. I comment out the last two lines in /etc/pam.conf
> > and I get an authentication failure (as I should).
>
> I'm having the same problem. Cvsupped and recompiled -current just a few
> hours ago. Then I recompiled X 3.3.5 and installed it. Now I can't start X
> anymore either. Lines containing "Password:" just keep scrolling over my
> terminal. The password lines are being generated by xinit. Just plain "X"
> works.
>
> > Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong? What is the correct
> > method to start X on -current nowadays?
>
> AFAIK you're doing it correctly.
>
> Can someone PLEASE help out here? It's getting a bit annoying.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Boers.
>
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