Hello Sorry i am not next to my RHEL5 box, but on my F& box with gdmsetup i see a option under "Security" page - "Only allow login if user owns their home directory". let me know, if this helps . On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 16:35 -0400, James Bardin wrote: > Hello, > > I'm unable to get gdm working with pam_mkhomedir. The real problem is > that gdm fails before we get to pam_mkhomedir, it seems -- due to lack > of a home directory. > > Here is the gdm log output: > gdm[6160]: pam_krb5[6160]: authentication succeeds for 'testuser' > (testuser bu edu) > gdm[6160]: Sending QUERYLOGIN == <secret> for slave 6160 > gdm[5719]: Handling message: 'QUERYLOGIN 6160 testuser' > gdm[5719]: Got QUERYLOGIN testuser > gdm[6160]: Couldn't open session for testuser > gdm[6160]: writing failed session attempt record > gdm[6160]: using username testuser > gdm[6160]: using id > gdm[6160]: using line :0 > gdm[6160]: using time 1183751066 > gdm[6160]: using type USER_PROCESS > gdm[6160]: using pid 6160 > gdm[6160]: writing failed session attempt record to /var/log/btmp > gdm[6160]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: end verify for '' > gdm[6160]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: No login/Bad login > gdm[6160]: gdm_slave_wait_for_login: In loop > > console and ssh login both work fine. If I login via the console first, > the home directory is created, then gdm logins will work. I tried using > gdm/PostLogin, but it doesn't get that far either. > > This is on CentOS5, i386 and x86_64 > > Thanks > -jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > gdm-list mailing list > gdm-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gdm-list -- Ritesh Khadgaray ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919970164885 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.
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