[ale] Login Problems > window manager

[Nick Grimmig]

gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu wrote:
> 
> On 16 Jul, Nick Grimmig wrote:
> > there is no xdm file in the pam.d directory.
> >       x - 6.1
> >       pam - ???
> >
> >       I did find this however.  Does this have anything to do with it?
> >
> >       auth    required        /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
> 
> First off, quick RedHat lesson.  RedHat packages their software in
> RPMs.  To find out all packages on your system, type rpm -qa.  To look
> up a specific package, type rpm -q <guess at part of name>.  In this
> case, rpm -q pam (or rpm -qa | grep pam) should tell you the version.
> 
> Offhand, I'd recommend upgrading to XFree86 3.3 (in the 4.2 updates
> directory from redhat).  That will give you a pamified xdm and the xdm
> config file for pam that you lack.
> 
> later,
> chris
> 
> --
> Chris Ricker                                 gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu
I'd love to get Xf86, but I'm running on a sparc.  If anybody has a text
file of what pam and xdm need to get it working, then please send ! 
-- 
Nick Grimmig, 
UNIX System Administrator
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