Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:00:33 +0000 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: stan <stanb@panix.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome2 config files weirdness Message-ID: <1061503233.719.93.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20030821215827.GA7669@teddy.fas.com> References: <20030821010134.GA16183@teddy.fas.com> <1061432099.3847.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20030821160937.GA686@teddy.fas.com> <1061482575.719.15.camel@gyros> <20030821215827.GA7669@teddy.fas.com>
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--=-PD/jz/TfCZhtd26awfbB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 21:58, stan wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:16:15PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 12:09, stan wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:14:59PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 21:01, stan wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to get Gnome 2 up and running on a TABLE machine. I've= built the > > > > > gnome2 port, and I'm getting gdm2 as a login screen. I'm able to = log in as > > > > > a normal user. But when I change something. it thinks it's changi= ng roots > > > > > Gnome config. And indeed all changes I make are affecting all use= rs. > > > >=20 > > > > What changes? There are a lot of configurable options in GNOME. C= are > > > > to narrow it down a bit? > > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > additions to the panel. > >=20 > > Additions to the panel (like adding a launcher) only affect the current > > user. I've tested this. The only difference would be if you're runnin= g > > as root. Then, you can actually edit the /usr/X11R6/share/gnome space, > > and you could make global panel changes. You may want to verify you > > haven't set anything setuid to root, you're not actually logged in as > > root, and you don't have any write permissions under > > /usr/X11R6/share/gnome. > >=20 > We agree that is how things _should_ be. However it's not how things _are= _ > on this box. Actually I just started checking around, and when I log in a= s > myself (non root account), I have now found that if I bring up a terminal= , > and type "who am i" the answer is _root_!. So perhapsh this is a gdm bug? What version of gdm do you have installed? Are you using the default configuration? I use gdm on all my GNOME 2 machines (4 in all), and I have never seen this problem. Did you setuid root any of your gdm binaries? Joe >=20 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-PD/jz/TfCZhtd26awfbB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/RUEBb2iPiv4Uz4cRAntYAJ46k54mDjXuq8jikp+p7oql3MSm2wCfedKa VxqICU++OcEqVtDAAqEBuG4= =t6xD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-PD/jz/TfCZhtd26awfbB--
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