Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Feb 2000 08:48:19 +0100 | From | Michael Schulz <> | Subject | Re: Problems after building a 2.2.14 Kernel |
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Acee Lindem: > Feb 5 14:22:51 localhost rc: Starting local succeeded > Feb 5 14:22:52 localhost gdm[466]: gdm_auth_secure_display: Could not unlink /var/gdm/:0.xauth file: No such file or directory > Feb 5 14:23:19 localhost PAM_pwdb[473]: 1 authentication failure; (uid=0) -> root for gdm service ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Feb 5 14:23:19 localhost prefdm[473]: Couldn't authenticate root ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Look into your passwd and shadow files and look for users with uid=0. I suspect that user gdm has uid=0. That is reserved for root.
Micha.
-- -- Michael Schulz -- Natural Language Systems -- Uni Hamburg
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