From: jonathan@nova.decio.nd.edu (Jonathan Bradshaw) Subject: Re: Regular Users loggin in to xdm X1.2 Date: 22 Feb 1993 06:41:26 GMT
In article <tch.730346925@cygnus.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> tch@cis.ksu.edu (Tom Hampton) writes:
>Hello-
>
>I just installed SLS (with X1.2 pl4) and found that when I run xdm,
>normal users cannot login, but root can. Has anyone else had this
>problem? I am running a vanilla inst of SLS on a 486DX-33 and am using
>the extfs for my root partition (actually it is 189MB partition out of
>212).
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Tom (tch@cis.ksu.edu)
> "When we are invited to live on this earth, there is no reason
> we should not visit the basement."
> -Jaques Cousteau
It would appear that xdm is using /etc/passwd and not shadow passwords
after some tests. I don't know the fix.