Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:14:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> To: "Andrew M. Miklic" <miklic@attglobal.net> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GDM Message-ID: <XFMail.000716181436.conrads@home.com> In-Reply-To: <397241CB.5FE7F6CF@attglobal.net>
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On 16-Jul-00 Andrew M. Miklic wrote: > Conrad Sabatier wrote: > >> That's great! I couldn't get past some problems with authentication at the >> login screen. I assume you've figured that part out? :-) > > Actually, this is now where I'm stuck--I'm assuming it's either a problem > with not being able to find a specific file in what it thinks is a "standard" > place (like /etc/passwd), or some type of permissions problem with one of the > binaries (maybe gdm needs to be run suid)... > > Does anyone out there know how gdm installs itself under Linux? I initially thought the problem was with PAM, but eventually ruled that out as the cause (the author agreed that this was not where the problem was). I do have Redhat 6.2 installed on a second drive (seldom use it, just wanted to check out VMware, really). :-) I'll see if I can find anything useful there. -- Conrad Sabatier http://members.home.net/conrads/ ICQ# 1147270 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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