From: Subba Rao (subb3 at domain ibm.net)
Date: Sun 10 Oct 1999 - 15:58:28 IST
I got this problem resolved. What I did was, removed the .X* files in $HOME, and asked XDM
to use the system wide .X* files, and then the users could login. I guess the users .X* files were
corrupted.
Thanks for the all useful suggestions.
Subba Rao
subb3 at domain ibm.net
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On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 23:16:00 +0100, kevin lyda wrote:
>
>try removing the .Xauthority file from your users home directories.
>if this is a redhat box there might be a .Xauthority that xdm uses/needs
>so see what locate turns up.
>
>kevin
>
>"Subba Rao" spoke thusly:
>>Hello
>>
>>I have multiple user accounts on my machine. All "users" accounts are set, to
>>be renewed by the root, every
>>2 or 3 months.
>>
>>I invoke XDM at the end of startup scripts. I could login as any user and ever
>>ything was fine.
>>
>>For some reason, now I cannot login to any "users" accounts via XDM. I can log
>>in as root only.
>>>From other machines, I can telnet and ftp to the "users", which suggests that
>> the "users" accounts are fine.
>>But, why are my "users" accounts gettting locked via XDM?
>>
>>The authentication, is successful, but the screen remains between, end of XDM
>>signon screen and start of
>>window manager screen.
>>
>>Any ideas, how to fix this problem is appreciated.
>>
>>Thank you in advance.
>>
>>Subba Rao
>>subb3 at domain ibm.net
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>>
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