Re: [gdm-list] /tmp and "GDM could not write to the authorization file"
- From: jdege <jdege jdege visi com>
- To: gdm-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [gdm-list] /tmp and "GDM could not write to the authorization file"
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:54:51 -0800 (PST)
Brian Cameron wrote:
>
> jdege:
>
> There are a few things you should look at:
>
> 1) GDM is picky about the ownership and permissions of your $HOME
> directory and sometimes will not create files if the permissions are
> not what GDM thinks are sane. Note the "RelaxPermissions"
> configuration option. By default it is 0, which is picky. Try
> changing the value to 1 or 2 and see if the problem goes away. If
> so, then you can decide if you like GDM to have more relaxed
> permissions or if you want to fix whatever ownership/perm issue is
> causing your problem.
>
> If this is your problem, and you want to know what the specific
> ownership/perm issue is, then make sure RelaxPermissions is 0, turn
> on GDM debug, run gdm-restart as root to restart GDM. Then recreate
> the problem. You should then find debug messages in your syslog
> (/var/log/messages or /var/adm/messages or /var/log/syslog or
> similar depending on your system). The debug messages should mention
> the specific failure. So if it says your $HOME ownership or
> permission is invalid, you should easily be able to correct this.
>
> Even if RelaxPermissions isn't the problem, checking the debug log
> should be helpful in figuring out what the problem is. If you
> can't figure out the problem, share with us the gdm-related debug
> messages from your syslog.
>
I don't think it's permissions in /home directory that are the issue,
because the permissions in /home following a restore aren't likely to be
different depending upon whether /tmp was restored. And if I restore /tmp,
everything appears to work fine.
I will replicate the problem, with debugging turned on, and report what I
see, but it won't be until later this evening.
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