[plug] XDM login

[Subba Rao]

I got this problem resolved. What I did was, removed the .X* files in $HOME, and asked XDM
to use the system wide .X* files, and then the users could login. I guess the users .X* files were
corrupted.

Subba Rao
subb3 at ibm.net
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On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:27:35 -0400 (EDT), Subba Rao wrote:

>Hello
>
>I have multiple user accounts on my machine. All "users" accounts are set, to be renewed by the root, every
>2 or 3 months.
>
>I invoke XDM at the end of startup scripts. I could login as any user and everything was fine.
>
>For some reason, now I cannot login to any "users" accounts via XDM. I can login as root only.
>From other machines, I can telnet and ftp to the "users", which suggests that the "users" accounts are fine.
>But, why are my "users" accounts gettting locked via XDM?
>
>The authentication, is successful, but the screen remains between, end of XDM signon screen and start of
>window manager screen.
>
>Any ideas, how to fix this problem is appreciated.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Subba Rao