Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:25:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: GDM and FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE Message-ID: <20010618102416.M33092-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <86zob6jcdb.fsf@pan.penguinpowered.org.uk>
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Here's my pam.conf for GDM: gdm auth requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass gdm account requisite pam_unix.so try_first_pass gdm session required pam_permit.so Now, make sure you don't have /etc/pam.d, or pam.conf will be ignored. Joe Clarke On 18 Jun 2001, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to get gdm going on XFree86 4.3-STABLE. I have added a > user and a group named gdm. > > When I start gdm and try to login I get the following messages in the > console window that I launched gdm from : > > Jun 18 11:43:49 ford gdm[615]: no modules loaded for `gdm' service > Jun 18 11:43:49 ford gdm[615]: Couldn't open session for waynep > > If I edit /etc/pam.conf and copy the xdm stuff, and change xdm to gdm, > then restart gdm, then I just get : > > Jun 18 11:46:11 ford gdm[644]: Couldn't open session for waynep > > I am guessing that I don't have the right settings in my pam.conf. man > gdm says that there is no man page for gdm installed. > > Am I right in guessing that this is related to PAM? Can anyone advise > me on a solution ? > > Thanks, > > -- > - Wayne Pascoe > E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk > Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 > Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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