Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:35:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan E Fosburgh <wotan@fosburgh.org> To: "Andrew M. Miklic" <miklic@attglobal.net> Cc: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Subject: Re: GDM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007162134040.9531-100000@gw.fosburgh.org> In-Reply-To: <397241CB.5FE7F6CF@attglobal.net>
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, 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? > > Andrew > Here is a red flag to look for. FreeBSD passwords are encrypted differently than passwords in most UNIX systems. I have run into some code (such as the LambdaMOO server) that expect old style passwords, and so you have to do some special patching to fix that. I would check there if it is not authenticating correctly. Jonathan Fosburgh Open Systems MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Home Page: http://www.fosburgh.org Manager, FreeBSD Webring: http://www.fosburgh.org/computer/freebsdring.html ICQ: 32742908 AIM: Namthorien To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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