Re: [gdm-list] problem with $HOME/.dmrc permissions

[Peter Williams <pewtas gmail com>]

Hi Brian & All,

2009/7/3 Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron sun com>

Peter:

I changed the cc:list from gnome-hackers to gdm-list since the
$HOME/.dmrc file is a GDM interface, and this is a more appropriate
list to ask GDM related questions.

Thanks for that.
 

      I was playing about with the permissions of my $home folder the other day, and accidently I created a problem which occurs each time I log in.

--- Warning Window ---

"User's $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored. The prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. User's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users."

[OK]

      What steps do I need to correct this problem?!? I've checked and yes, there is indeed a file named ".dmrc" in my $HOME folder. See attached 1KB file.

GDM 2.20 and earlier will complain if the file permissions on your
$HOME directory or the $HOME/.dmrc file allow users other than yourself
to write to them.

Run "ls -ld $HOME" and the first column should say "drwxr-xr-x".  If
not then run "chmod 755 $HOME" and this should fix it.  Also run
"ls -ld $HOME/.dmrc" and the first column should be either
"-rw-------" or ""-rw-r--r--".  If not, then run "chmod 600 $HOME/.dmrc"
to fix it.  This ensures that only you have write permissions.

Thank you... I followed your instructions and next time I rebooted the problem has been solved.

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Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS 
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