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> -Original Message-
> From: Fredrik Tolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:09 PM
> To: Shannon Johnson
> Cc: Fredrik Tolf; Samba
> Subject: RE: [Samba] .Xauthority & SMB
>
> Shanno
Shannon Johnson writes:
> I changed the Xsession file, and this is the result (and it's quite
> long):
>
> /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and
> utmp
> /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w
> /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -
Subject: RE: [Samba] .Xauthority & SMB
>
> Shannon Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Any ideas? I don't know nearly as much about the X system as
> > I probably should (but I'm learning).
> >
>The ORA book "Linux Security Cookbook" talks abou
>
> Well, the "No protocol specified" message refers to the fact that the
> client program tried to connect without any authentication (since it
> hasn't found the X authority file).
>
> Did you restart GDM after you changed the setting?
>
> It's also possible that .bash_profile isn't sourced ye
Shannon Johnson wrote:
>
> Any ideas? I don't know nearly as much about the X system as
> I probably should (but I'm learning).
>
The ORA book "Linux Security Cookbook" talks about running X apps as root over an
SSH link. They suggest using a brief shell script to make sure that the .Xauthori
>
> The default under RH (and Fedora) is gdm, yes.
>
> In that case, edit /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and change the UserAuthDir
> line so that it reads "UserAuthDir=/tmp". I think that should make it
> work.
>
> Fredrik Tolf
I changed that, but I'm getting the same error. The error is:
/etc/X11/g
Shannon Johnson writes:
> >
> > Would you mind posting the exact error message? I'm just curious,
> > because I don't think there should be any problems with xauth files on
> > SMB.
> >
>
> Sure. From what I understand, the .Xauthority and .ICEauthority use hard
> links that don't work o
>
> Would you mind posting the exact error message? I'm just curious,
> because I don't think there should be any problems with xauth files on
> SMB.
>
Sure. From what I understand, the .Xauthority and .ICEauthority use hard
links that don't work on any Windows-based filesystem, including SMB.
T
Shannon Johnson writes:
> I'm mounting the home directories of the users upon login (using
> pam_mount) from the Windows server. However, none of the users can run X
> Windows. It says there's a problem with the .Xauthority file.
Would you mind posting the exact error message? I'm just curious,
I asked this question a while ago, but never got any response. Since
then, I've researched the problem some more, so I can give a much more
concise description of what's happening.
I'm mounting the home directories of the users upon login (using
pam_mount) from the Windows server. However, none
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