Looking at the source code, setting RelaxPermissions to 1 in the [security] section of gdm.conf avoids the message too, and it's a more acceptable solution in my case. So as far as I'm concerned, this issue ceases to be of any real concern.
Still to be looked at however are: - (minor) the small typo (should -> sould, in daemon/slave.c) - (debian-specific) since debian makes homes group-writable by default (with a specific group for every user), whether or not it makes sense to ship the debian gdm package with a gdm.conf that has RelaxPermissions set to 1 Alternatively, the gdm sources could be patched for debian; instead of using the gdm_file_check() function (which checks both file and directory), the gdm_auth_file_check() function could be used (it only checks the file (although it has slightly different semantics, so it may not be applicable to .dmrc)). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
