Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 22:57:34 -0500 From: Chris Radlinski <radlinskic@acm.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gdm automatic login Message-ID: <410F0D2E.5080602@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <1091504866.60865.9.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <410F0941.3010704@acm.org> <1091504866.60865.9.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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That did it. Thanks. Chris Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 23:40, Chris Radlinski wrote: > > >>I'm running Gnome 2.4 on 5.2.1-RELEASE. I've configured gdm to run at >>boot time and would like it to automatically log me in. However, it >>always prompts me for a password. Scanning the archives, I saw that >>others suggested copying /etc/pam.d/gdm to /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin. I >>did this but it didn't fix anything. Here's my gdm/gdm-autologin: >> >># >># $FreeBSD: src/etc/pam.d/gdm,v 1.7 2003/04/30 21:57:54 markm Exp $ >># >># PAM configuration for the "gdm" service >># >> >># auth >>auth required pam_nologin.so no_warn >>#auth sufficient pam_krb5.so no_warn >>try_first_pass >>#auth sufficient pam_ssh.so no_warn >>try_first_pass >>auth required pam_unix.so no_warn >>try_first_pass >>auth required pam_permit.so >> >># account >>#account required pam_krb5.so >>account required pam_unix.so >> >># session >>#session optional pam_ssh.so >>session required pam_permit.so >> >>What am I missing? >> >> > >Remove the auth pam_unix.so entry. The gdm-autologin PAM definition >should be: > >auth required pam_nologin.so >auth required pam_permit.so >account required pam_unix.so >session required pam_permit.so > >As discussed in the freebsd-gnome archives. > > > >>Also, if I select "Reboot" or "Shut down" from the logout menu as root, >>the machine just hangs. Any suggestions? >> >> > >Don't do that. If you want to try and track down what's happening, >configure you machine for a serial console, and make sure you're set to >drop into the debugger should the system panic. Then, when it hangs, >you should hopefully get something on the serial console. Consult the >handbook for more info. > >Joe > > > >>Thanks for any help you can provide. >> >>Chris Radlinski >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >>
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