I have xdm running permanently and managing user logins. In order to make full use of exmh I had to get xdm authorisation running. I didn't fully understand the process and I am even more baffled now, because only root and I are able to log in; all other users get thrown out immediately because X refuses to run their processes. On the other hand, a new user (which I created for testing this problem) IS able to log in!
The size of the .Xauthority file in a failed user's directory is 0. I tried copying all my own . files into another user's directory, but this made no difference. I then looked in /etc and /usr/X* for files which might have my ownership; all seems OK. I don't know if /etc/X11/config is right: the documentation file /usr/doc/X11/debian.README does not exist on my system. The only altered file in /etc/X11/xdm is Xservers, which does not seem to be relevant. Can anyone tell me just how the authorisation procedure works and what controls which users' processes are allowed to run? /var/log/xdm-errors says: AUDIT: Mon Apr 7 00:41:15 1997: 433 X: client 2 rejected from local host AUDIT: Mon Apr 7 00:41:15 1997: 433 X: client 2 rejected from local host AUDIT: Mon Apr 7 00:41:15 1997: 433 X: client 2 rejected from local host AUDIT: Mon Apr 7 00:41:15 1997: 433 X: client 2 rejected from local host AUDIT: Mon Apr 7 00:41:15 1997: 433 X: client 4 rejected from local host AUDIT: Mon Apr 7 00:41:15 1997: 433 X: client 2 rejected from local host AUDIT: Mon Apr 7 00:41:15 1997: 433 X: client 2 rejected from local host X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). /etc/X11/config: run-xconsole obey-nologin allow-user-resources allow-user-modmap allow-user-xsession allow-failsafe start-xdm no-xdm-start-server Xservers: :0 Local local /usr/bin/X11/X :0 xdm-config:! $XConsortium: xdm-conf.cpp,v 1.2 93/09/28 14:30:32 gildea Exp $ DisplayManager.authDir: /var/lib/xdm DisplayManager.errorLogFile: /var/log/xdm-errors DisplayManager.pidFile: /var/run/xdm-pid DisplayManager.keyFile: /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-keys DisplayManager.servers: /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers DisplayManager.accessFile: /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess DisplayManager._0.authorize: true DisplayManager._0.resources: /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources_0 DisplayManager._0.setup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 DisplayManager._0.startup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0 DisplayManager._0.reset: /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset_0 DisplayManager*resources: /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources DisplayManager*setup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup DisplayManager*startup: /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup DisplayManager*reset: /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset DisplayManager*session: /etc/X11/Xsession DisplayManager*userPath: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/ games DisplayManager*systemPath: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/b in:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11 DisplayManager*authComplain: true Xaccess: * #any host can get a login window * CHOOSER BROADCAST #any indirect host can get a chooser -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://homepages.enterprise.net/olly
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