Meant to post here as well...

--- On Mon, 3/29/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: significant delay for afs user to login as root via su
> To: "Andrew Deason" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 12:36 PM
> Thanks for the follow up.  I was
> about to implement that suggestion, but I just discovered
> I'm having some problems with logins.  I'm seeing this
> in my /var/log/messages:
> 
> Mar 29 12:41:56 aerogold pulseaudio[2484]: core-util.c:
> Failed to symlink
> /afs/nd.edu/user12/ematlis/.pulse/f2823c772656aa9192bdc8574b58d8da-runtime.tmp
> to /tmp/pulse-3kMM0lVbHDR3: Permission denied
> Mar 29 12:41:56 aerogold pulseaudio[2484]: core-util.c:
> Failed to symlink
> /afs/nd.edu/user12/ematlis/.pulse/f2823c772656aa9192bdc8574b58d8da-runtime.tmp:
> Permission denied
> Mar 29 12:41:56 aerogold pulseaudio[2484]:
> lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
> Mar 29 12:41:56 aerogold pulseaudio[2484]: main.c: Failed
> to acquire autospawn lock
> Mar 29 12:42:01 aerogold pulseaudio[2501]: core-util.c:
> Failed to symlink
> /afs/nd.edu/user12/ematlis/.pulse/f2823c772656aa9192bdc8574b58d8da-runtime.tmp
> to /tmp/pulse-eF6yrRvV9p8V: Permission denied
> Mar 29 12:42:01 aerogold pulseaudio[2501]: core-util.c:
> Failed to symlink
> /afs/nd.edu/user12/ematlis/.pulse/f2823c772656aa9192bdc8574b58d8da-runtime.tmp:
> Permission denied
> Mar 29 12:42:01 aerogold pulseaudio[2501]:
> lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
> Mar 29 12:42:01 aerogold pulseaudio[2501]: main.c: Failed
> to acquire autospawn lock
> Mar 29 12:42:06 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Application 'metacity.desktop' failed to register before
> timeout
> Mar 29 12:42:06 aerogold pulseaudio[2507]: core-util.c:
> Failed to symlink
> /afs/nd.edu/user12/ematlis/.pulse/f2823c772656aa9192bdc8574b58d8da-runtime.tmp
> to /tmp/pulse-SMCaIeskt4fs: Permission denied
> Mar 29 12:42:06 aerogold pulseaudio[2507]: core-util.c:
> Failed to symlink
> /afs/nd.edu/user12/ematlis/.pulse/f2823c772656aa9192bdc8574b58d8da-runtime.tmp:
> Permission denied
> Mar 29 12:42:06 aerogold pulseaudio[2507]:
> lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
> Mar 29 12:42:06 aerogold pulseaudio[2507]: main.c: Failed
> to acquire autospawn lock
> Mar 29 12:42:11 aerogold acpid: client 2197[0:0] has
> disconnected
> Mar 29 12:42:11 aerogold acpid: client connected from
> 2197[0:0]
> Mar 29 12:42:11 aerogold acpid: 1 client rule loaded
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to query client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to query client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to query client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to query client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to query client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to query client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to stop client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to stop client: Client is not registered
> Mar 29 12:42:30 aerogold gnome-session[2365]: WARNING:
> Unable to stop client: Client is not registered
> 
> 
> This is happening with any user that logs in.  It's
> taking for ever for their log in process to complete as a
> result.
> 
> When I do log in from the console, that is to say from in
> front of the machine, I get an error dialog window which
> pops up saying roughly that it couldn't modify .ICEauthority
> in my home directory, even though I have rw
> priviledges.  Help!
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> thanks,
> eric
> 
> --- On Mon, 3/29/10, Andrew Deason <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Andrew Deason <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: significant delay for afs user to login
> as root via su
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:24 AM
> > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:09:23 -0700
> > (PDT)
> > [email protected]
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Right, I agree with you.
> > > 
> > > I guess my original concern was that the su delay
> was
> > symptomatic of
> > > some larger problem with my AFS or PAM setup. 
> > But if it's really only
> > > going to happen in the narrow set of
> circumstances
> > I've outlined, then
> > > it's not a critical issue; it's not like many of
> the
> > AFS accounts will
> > > have su access anyway.
> > 
> > (This thread is a bit old; sorry, fell of my radar)
> > 
> > If you're fine with that, that's fine, but just so
> you
> > know, there are
> > potential other problems with having .Xauthority in
> AFS.
> > That is, it's a
> > good idea to force it into /tmp or /var/tmp or
> /var/run
> > regardless.
> > 
> > You may experience less performance just in general
> for
> > launching X
> > apps. It can also mess stuff up if you try to use X
> from
> > more than one
> > machine at once (and both machines have your home dir
> in
> > AFS), and it
> > can be really insecure. If you have .Xauthority in
> your AFS
> > home
> > directory, anyone with 'r' permissions on your home
> dir can
> > mess with
> > your X display.
> > 
> > So it may be worthwhile to fix anyway. I think Booker
> > Bense's suggestion
> > here:
> > <http://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2010-March/033273.html>
> > is probably the easiest way to fix this for everyone
> on the
> > machine. You
> > just need to add that line he mentions to
> > /etc/security/pam_env.conf; I
> > think that should be all you need to do, but I don't
> mind
> > assisting if
> > that doesn't work.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Andrew Deason
> > [email protected]
> > 
> 
> 
>   
> 



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