well, we can look at the logs, if you want, or we could create a new user
from the text prompt, and see how it logs in.
On Friday 27 July 2001 09:05, root wrote:
> On Friday 27 July 2001 04:43, etharp wrote:
> > is this while you wait to login? have you installed mandrake security and
> > what level? (paranoid?) or a firewall? what reaction are you expecting?
>
> i was expecting no reaction, since I had never heard of that method of
> logging on before. I hit alt-f4 at the point where otherwise I would enter
> root and my password and hit go.
>
> The original problem when attempting to login via the normal login panel, I
> sometimes was bounced back to the login panel without getting logged in,
> and when that happened had to reboot before being successful at logging in.
>
> When installing, I took the defaults for security and the firewall. Before
> altering those, I'll want an explanation of why the bounce occurs only some
> of the time instead of every time. It seems to me if it was a security or
> firewall problem, the bounce would be consistent instead of sporadic.
>
> > On Friday 27 July 2001 00:48, root wrote:
> > > On Thursday 26 July 2001 16:34, etharp wrote:
> > > > what happens if you hit ctrl+alt+f4 (or any other f-key up to f6) and
> > > > log in?
> > >
> > > nothing. no reaction at all
>
> --
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> you test it while they continue to screw it up until it's totally useless."
> (Bigg Fredd in RCC talking about Google's temporary interface to the deja
> archives)
