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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 1996 09:31:48 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu (Red Barchetta)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: root login using xdm
Message-ID:  <199607240731.JAA02532@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <CMM-RU.1.5.838178379.paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu> from Red Barchetta at "Jul 23, 96 11:19:39 pm"

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> This is probably something simple, but I am unable to log into my FreeBSD
> machine as root when using xdm to authenticate users.  Non-root users log in
> as normal, but when I log in as root it obviously recognzes the password, but
> then the screen flashes, blanks, and returns me to the normal xdm login
> window.  

Check if your .xsession is executable.
Also check the file /root/.xsession-errors.

> 
> Not that I intend to log in as plain old root all that often, but I would
> like to at least know why it causes problems.  
> 
> I am running XFree86 3.1.2S on FreeBSD 2.1.5R.
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> Ernie Pistor
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de



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