Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 19:43:45 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: "Dominic Marks" <dom@helenmarks.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xdm + pam + winbind, what am i missing? Message-ID: <60541134@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <4890.195.12.22.194.1147785750.squirrel@mail.helenmarks.co.uk> (Dominic Marks's message of "Tue, 16 May 2006 14:22:30 %2B0100 (BST)") References: <4890.195.12.22.194.1147785750.squirrel@mail.helenmarks.co.uk>
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On Tue, 16 May 2006 14:22:30 +0100 (BST) Dominic Marks wrote: > I must be missing something because I can't get xdm to work happily > with pam_winbind. The 6.1 system is joined to a Windows domain and > aware of domain users. I log on to the machine using my domain account > via SSH and all is well. > I've enabled xdm and restarted init. Connections from any host are > permitted. I have also modified the pam.d/xdm file to use the winbind > pam module for authentication. > I get a login screen and my username and password are correctly > checked against Active Directory. I have setup a ~/.xsession file > which should log me in and start a Gnome environment. > What actually happens is that the connection seems to drop and > reconnect and I end up back at an xdm prompt. In the system messages > log I have the following: > xdm: pam_sm_close_session(): no utmp record for DESKTOP:0 > * DESKTOP is the hostname of my desktop system from which I am > connecting. > I tried commenting out the session line in pam.d/xdm which this > message comes from, it removes the error but doesn't change the > behaviour so I assume it is not directly related. > I couldn't find anything in the Handbook to help me on my way. > If anyone could tell me the missing link I would appreciate it greatly. Can't say for sure if it may help you, but I also had problems with xdm, pam and auth. The result was: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/96436 Hope that it might help you. WBR -- Boris B. Samorodov, Research Engineer InPharmTech Co, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet Service Provider
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