On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Steve Price wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>
> # 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
>
> This is really not a 'fix' per se. It is more like a workaround
> as it disables PAM without having to recompile X. Or at least that's
> the way I read it.
>
> Surely there is a way to really use PAM authentication? If this *is*
> the official fix then I should probably commit it to src/etc/pam.conf
> because everyone setting up a new system is going to run into this
> very same problem if they install X.
On a side note I found this fixed a problem with logging in via XDM that I
have been seeing lately as well but just haven't had the time to track
down; so it could certainly be helpful for more than just those running local
displays.
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