Problem fixed. I needed to edit the kdmrc file as well. On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> I have got kdm running under RH7.1 so that I can start an X session from a > remote X terminal. This necessitated changes to /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config > and /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and /etc/kderc > > I am now trying to do the same thing with a server running RH7.3 and have > made the same changes, but this time I get the following error messages: > > Nov 26 12:09:21 workbench kdm[2903]: cannot create control fifo >/var/run/xdmctl/xdmctl > Nov 26 12:09:21 workbench kdm[2903]: Cannot create server authorization file > Nov 26 12:09:21 workbench kdm[2903]: cannot create control fifo >/var/run/xdmctl/xdmctl-:0 > > I thought it might be a perms problem with /var/run/xdmctl and I have made > that a+w but that doesn't seem to fix it. > > Any ideas? > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "Flatter government, not fatter government." - me Get rid of the Australian states. ------------------------------------------ If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
