On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 09:38 -0500, Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: > Nir Tzachar wrote: > > hello. > > > > entrance have a problem with users whose home dirs reside on nfs. > > if the nfs export is set to root-squash, entrance does not succeed in > > creating the > > authentication file (.Xauthority). > > i guess the problem is it does not set it's uid at the appropriate time, > > but im > > shooting blind here.... > > The problem is not manifested with local users, but only in the scenario > > mentioned above. > > > > any ideas??? has someone else ever tried this?? > > > > Well, I hate to say "duh", but you specifically configured your NFS > mount to prevent root from writing, and you are complaining that > entrance cannot write?
hi. thanks for answering ;) anyway, you are wrong. as an example, look at xdm. works like a charm.... as i said, it looks like entranced does not seteuid before writing to the user's .xauthority..... -- ========================================================= Nir Tzachar.
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