Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 10:59:33 -0700 From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com> To: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GDM thinks I am root Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0705071059n3799cbfble0bc9b1ad3a0ec59@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1176601693.26219.9.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1d3ed48c0703221120w3dd52a1ao8d24fa206f22c02d@mail.gmail.com> <7fb728f20703230426s4fa5f451u682441ecfbdd736d@mail.gmail.com> <1d3ed48c0703231038s2df1401aw787bf4612a2a3424@mail.gmail.com> <1174671891.46644.24.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1d3ed48c0704081826t44061639i7de021686cecc8cc@mail.gmail.com> <1176588698.26219.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1d3ed48c0704141533r1d7161a0tc1452e7b3f7d40f2@mail.gmail.com> <1176601693.26219.9.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On 4/14/07, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 15:33 -0700, Kevin Downey wrote: > > On 4/14/07, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 18:26 -0700, Kevin Downey wrote: > > > > On 3/23/07, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:38 -0700, Kevin Downey wrote: > > > > > > On 3/23/07, Timur Guseinov <timtch@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > try to change your home directory "chsh". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2007/3/22, Kevin Downey <redchin@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a laptop running 6.2-STABLE and modular Xorg, I have been > > > > > > > > having trouble logging in using gdm for sometime, but with the new > > > > > > > > gnome I get a more informative error message (how is that for > > > > > > > > progress). When I log in a little window pops up and says something > > > > > > > > like "cannot write to /root/.ICEauthority" which makes sense, because > > > > > > > > I am not logging in as root so I should not be able to write to that. > > > > > > > > What I can't figure out is why it is trying. Gnome then fails to > > > > > > > > start. If I pick the 'Xclients' session from GDM a little window pops > > > > > > > > up that says 'no Xclients file, launching failsafe terminal' so I get > > > > > > > > a xterm. In the xterm 'whoami' returns 'kpd' (my user) but 'echo > > > > > > > > $HOME' is '/root'. > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My home directory is set correctly to /home/kpd (kpd is my username), > > > > > > if I login any other way I am not given a /root home directory, if I > > > > > > login on the console and put gnome-session in my .xinitrc file gnome > > > > > > starts up fine with the correct home directory > > > > > > > > > > What are the contents of your /usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf file? What > > > > > are the permissions on /etc/passwd and /etc/pwd.db? You may need to > > > > > ktrace or truss gdm as root when logging in as kpd to see if there are > > > > > any obvious errors there. > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > the exact text of the little error box that pops up is: > > > > The GNOME session manager was unable to lock the file > > > > '/root/.ICEauthority'. Please report this as a GNOME bug. Sometimes > > > > this error may occur if the file's directory is unwritable, you could > > > > try logging in via the failsafe session and ensuring that it is. > > > > > > > > My /usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf is blank because I deinstalled gdm, > > > > deleted all the directories pkg_delete said it could not completely > > > > delete, and reinstalled gdm. Ran a ktrace, but this is the first time > > > > I have used it so I am still trying to pick through the results. gdm > > > > appears to look at the .ICEauthority in the 'kpd' user's home > > > > directory. Then a few hundred lines later it tries the same file name, > > > > but in /root. > > > > > > Who owns ~kpd/.ICEauthority? It should be owned by kpd with 0600 perms. > > > If that is already the case, try deleting this file, then try logging in > > > again. > > > > > > Joe > > > > ~kpd/.ICEauthority has 600 for its permissions. I deleted it and no > > change. I tried logging in with the failsafe gnome session and that > > works. I am not sure what the difference between a normal session and > > failsafe are. I am also seeing strange behaviour with xdm, not sure if > > it is related. if I use xdm, after I login, the machine drops back to > > the console(X exits), and then back to xdm. > > > > when I try the 'Xclient' session, gdm says it can't find the Xclient > > script, and does the failsafe xterm thing. The zsh is the shell in the > > xterm, but zsh doesn't load any of my zsh related dotfiles because > > $HOME is set to /root. This is just weird. > > Where is the ktrace you captured of the failing login? > > Joe > I feel stupid. I went and peppered all the shell scripts GDM runs with "logger $HOME" and saw that $HOME was changing from /home/kpd to /root after sourcing $HOME/.profile and it turns out that $HOME was set to /root in that file. I swear I never touched it! honest! Anyway, sorry to bother the list, and thank you for your help. -- "The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred." G. B. Shaw www.thelastcitadel.com
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