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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:00:40 -0300
From:      InfoSeeker <infoseek@bcoe.bm>
To:        Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com>
Cc:        scrantr@ix.netcom.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xdm recycling
Message-ID:  <34215028.A65@bcoe.bm>
References:  <md5:CC7997B6E5BCEE3654DD5DF7BB401CD1>

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Jon you indeed are very correct.  Seems I am being rejected from my
localhost for not being able to authenticate me via the
MIT-MAGICOOKIE-AUTH.  Ummm suggestions on reading material for me? 
FAQ's? thanks
ian wallace - sys admin - bermuda commodities exchange

Jon Hamilton wrote:
> 
> In message <341F5F4A.33C9@ix.netcom.com>, Richard Scranton writes:
> } >> also xdm is behaving very poorly and when invoked as a deamon from the
> } >> command line merely "cycles" when you try and log in.  so if user
> } >> applebaum logs in successfully, xdm starts doing something (what i don't
> } >> know) it seems like the server actually exits (the screen goes black,
> } >> clicking hardware noises in the monitor) and whamo there is the login
> } >> screen again.
> }
> } If you don't have a .xsession file in your home directory, you
> } won't get very far.  Remember too, it must be marked executable.
> 
> Nonsense.  If a user doesn't have an .xsession, a default session is used
> (see /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession). It would probably pay to check out
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors to see what the problem is.
> 
> --
>    Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com | hamilton@pitviper.med.ge.com
>  <A HREF="http://www.pobox.com/~hamilton">Jon Hamilton's homepage</A>



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