Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 13:58:38 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't login as root using xdm (2.2) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970324135739.6540D-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199703240436.VAA00647@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Wes Peters wrote: > Stan Brown writes: > > I have installed 2.2 on a Toshiba Tecra 500CDT. For some reason I can't > > login as root at the xdm prompt. An ordinary user works fine. root can > > login from a svag login prompt. > > > > What might I have wrong here? > > Hard to tell, but the file .xsession-errors in root's home directory > should enlighten you. Login as root (and fail), then switch to a text > console, login, and examine the errors found there. Correct them and > (attempt) login at the XDM screen. Didn't we go through this already? The xdm prompt is a pty . . . a network terminal . . . it's marked insecure in /etc/ttys, as it should be. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com > > > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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