Shannon Johnson writes: > > > > Would you mind posting the exact error message? I'm just curious, > > because I don't think there should be any problems with xauth files on > > SMB. > > > > Sure. From what I understand, the .Xauthority and .ICEauthority use hard > links that don't work on any Windows-based filesystem, including SMB. > The exact message is: > > xauth: error in locking authority file /home/users/username/.Xauthority
Oh, yes, that's right. It uses hard links for locking. I didn't know that until I checked right now, actually. Thanks for telling me; I learned something new. =) > > > > What mechanism did you use to set the environment variables? PAM? > > > > I put the following in the user's .bash_profile: > > XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority > export XAUTHORITY > ICEAUTHORITY=/tmp/.ICEauthority > export ICEAUTHORITY I think it's fine for the ICE authority. As far as I know, it is created by the session manager after login, so all programs should be synchronized in that matter. As for the X authority, however, that won't work, since the Display Manager will still put the initial cookie in the user's home dir. > > What display manager are you using? > > I suppose it's gnome... it's the default under Red Hat 8, 9, and Fedora. > I know the theme name is Bluecurve, but I don't know what the actual > display manager is. The default under RH (and Fedora) is gdm, yes. In that case, edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and change the UserAuthDir line so that it reads "UserAuthDir=/tmp". I think that should make it work. Fredrik Tolf -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
