Re: Shadow passwords under X...

1997-06-10 Thread Curt Howland
Many thanks, I made the change and will let the list know if it works or not. (I'm not local to the machine at this time) Curt- In reply to 10 Jun message from Brad Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >Hello, > I believe this problem occurs because the default xdm does not handle shadow >passwords.

Re: Shadow passwords under X...

1997-06-10 Thread Shaya Potter
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Curt Howland wrote: > > Hi. > > I've been wrestling with X, just like everyone else it would > seem. However, I've gotten it *almost* working. The trouble > now seems to be related to shadow passwords. > > I have shadow passwords turned on, under Debian 1.3. However, > the

Re: Shadow passwords under X...

1997-06-10 Thread J.P.D. Kooij
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Curt Howland wrote: > I have shadow passwords turned on, under Debian 1.3. However, > the X login started automatically at boot does not recognize > any of the valid userID/password combinations. You're probably referring to the "xdm" login. > My assumption is that X does

Re: Shadow passwords under X...

1997-06-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Curt Howland wrote: > the X login started automatically at boot does not recognize > any of the valid userID/password combinations. > > My assumption is that X does not know about shadow passwords, > and from my investigations it seems I may be correct. > > 1) Is there a se

Shadow passwords under X...

1997-06-10 Thread Curt Howland
Hi. I've been wrestling with X, just like everyone else it would seem. However, I've gotten it *almost* working. The trouble now seems to be related to shadow passwords. I have shadow passwords turned on, under Debian 1.3. However, the X login started automatically at boot does not recognize an