On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Curt Howland wrote: > > Hi. > > I've been wrestling with X, just like everyone else it would > seem. However, I've gotten it *almost* working. The trouble > now seems to be related to shadow passwords. > > I have shadow passwords turned on, under Debian 1.3. However, > the X login started automatically at boot does not recognize > any of the valid userID/password combinations. > > My assumption is that X does not know about shadow passwords, > and from my investigations it seems I may be correct. > > 1) Is there a setting to make it work? > > 2) If !1, then how do I turn off the automatic X boot-up > so I can startx after logging on? >
I believe all you have to do is ctrl-alt-f1 to the first vc, log in as root and run shadowconfig off;shadowconfig on and you should be able to log if from xdm. HTH, Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .