Date: 02 Jun 2003 16:54:33 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with non-superuser X logons after moving/expanding /var Message-ID: <441xyc2oae.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <3ED88CF5.6060600@twcny.rr.com> References: <3ED88CF5.6060600@twcny.rr.com>
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Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> writes: > I installed an additional disk in a machine and expanded the space > allocated to /var. > I run this desktop with XFree86 and GDM. > root can logon without complaints but if a non--superuser tries to > logon, the session fails immediately. > The following appears in .xsession-errors. I'm concluding I did > something wrong when I moved /var but I'm not sure where to start with > this. Looks like you nuked the permissions somewhere. mtree -U -p /var < /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist should fix it.
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