> > This doesnt work for me on Win2K. > I have an account that is in the Administrators group. > I copied the SYSTEM line and changed it to root: xdm fails the same > way. > I tried with the Administrator line too, no way. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ grep 544 /etc/passwd > SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: > root:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: > Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
I have run some tests. It is the UID which is tested not the name. So any user which as the 3rd column in the passwd file of 0 can run xdm as a daemon. NB For testing purposes I suggest that you remove the * in the second column (password) until you have the thing working. Also to login as root I would have thought you would need a home dir and a shell: root::0:544:optional_string:/root:/bin/bash
