From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 10:37:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B541065672 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 10:37:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E822C8FC12 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 10:37:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from yokozuna.lan (213-84-73-82.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.101.78.208]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n4BAbhLx055276 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 11 May 2009 12:37:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from yokozuna.lan (yokozuna.lan [127.0.0.1]) by yokozuna.lan (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4BAbhRL038166; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:37:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:37:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco Beishuizen Sender: marco@yokozuna.lan To: Joe Marcus Clarke In-Reply-To: <1242007255.88553.42.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Message-ID: References: <1242001810.88553.40.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1242007255.88553.42.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GDM users list X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Marco Beishuizen List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 10:37:46 -0000 On Mon, 11 May 2009, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 02:48 +0200, Marco Beishuizen wrote: >> On Mon, 11 May 2009, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >> >>> This is the problem. Your /etc/passwd entry contains a '&' which makes >>> for bad XML. Replace this character with a real name for your user, and >>> this problem should go away. >> >> This doesn't seem to be the problem. I removed the & from /etc/passwd from >> the regular user and root, and restarted X. The errors are still in the >> logfile, and only the "logcheck system user" and "other" in GDM. > > That is not correct. /etc/passwd is a convenience file, but no tthe > real password database. You need to edit /etc/master.passwd, and change > the fields there. This is best done with the vipw command. Once the > master.passwd file has been changed, vipw will automatically regenerate > the binary password databases. Ok, now the error messages in the logfile are gone, thanks! The only thing that is left is that the possible login names to choose from are now "User" and "Logcheck system account". "User" is fine of course but why the logcheck system account? "Root" seems more logical. Marco -- It is a wise father that knows his own child. -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"