KDE login

[JJ Neff]

I removed KDM entirely!  then I started x and TWM started adn xdm started and
allowed me to login!

I then installed KDE3 and it tunnign OK and still using xdm to login...

Ill adjust that in the files mentioned.

I found an msec note on the 8.2 erratta page that seemed to match my problem. 
Apaprently an manual update doesnt correctly install msec (it leaves
msec.sh.rpmnew and other files with rpmnew extension) you have to manually mv
these to msec.sh and other files...  DrakX does this automatically but manually
updating (which I usually do, causes trouble with security stuff like
chkconfig, thia MAY? be why programs that needed to knwo msec level failed (ie
ssh and login through kdm?

I still testing and havent gotten kdm runnign yet.  I will test more and post
results...

JJN
--- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> 
> Your XDM is controlled through /etc/inittab.  It should query
> /etc/X11/prefdm for what XDM to run.  locate kdm, gdm, and xdm.  Replace
> /etc/X11/prefdm with their absolute path, and see if your kdm problem
> exists when running the other 2 xdm's (if installed).  This should give
> you a better scope of where the problem lies.
> 
> You'll probably have to reboot (or init 3 / init 5) so that your system is
> forced to respawn the new session.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> > I still can't login to my desktop from kdm even though I have KDE3 now as
> an
> > option.  I still have to fall out to console and login then telinit 3 then
> > startx.  I have an .xsession-errors file that is huge (mostly jave errors).
> >
> > I noticed that SSHd refuses to start due to security and I have NO ROOT
> > Password.  I typed SU to do something and was allowed to be root with no
> > prompt!
> >
> > Now that I checked I realized that all my users are being logged in with NO
> > passwords !  Awww heck....
> >
> > I tested loggin in from my server console which only goes to runlevel 3
> > (console) and it too uses NIS and autofs and it logs me in as normal, asks
> for
> > a password both at login and when I SU.
> >
> > OK I just remembered I had set MSEC to 0 to test if that was affecting
> login
> > and I set it back to 2 and now it asks for passwords!  Sheesh does that
> mean
> > anyone can setup a machine on my network with msec set to 0 and login as
> anyone
> > as long as they use NIS
> >
> > Anyone with ideas please feel free to holler! I still can login with kdm...
> >
> > JJN
> >
> > JJN
> >
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