Re: [gdm-list] authorisation mis-message

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

> "Server Authorisation Directory (daemon/ServAuthDir) is set to /var/gdm 
> but is not owned by user "gdm" and group "gdm". Please correct the 
> ownership or gdm configuration in .... gdm.conf and restart gdm"
>
> I type intermittently between repeated X crashes. My /var/gdm IS 
> "gdm:gdm 750" as specified (though another lengthy doc says ServAuthDir 
> should be "root:gdm 1770" but that doesn't fix the problem either!).
> Similar problems googled (& on this mail-list) receive similar advice -- 
> and perhaps remain unsolved just because changing ownership and 
> permissions doesn't quite do it?

The error message is wrong.  It should say that ServAuthDir should be
owned by root and have group ownership of gdm.  I corrected the
message in CVS head so it is correct.

The directory should have 1770 perms, though you should get a different
error message that says so if the permissions are wrong.

> Yes, I inadvertantly altered ownership and permissions in the first 
> place, solving another problem, but causing this one.  So, trying to 
> recover the required settings -- but they cannot simply be the ones 
> given in the mis-message!
>
> Any thoughts about what ELSE needs to be done would be helpful.
>
> Sean Daly                                                     
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