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Re: [LI] XDM login



On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Subba Rao wrote:

->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 everything was fine.
->
->For some reason, now I cannot login to any "users" accounts via XDM. I can login 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.

Check if user's home area is accessible for the xserver.

Nagarjuna

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