On Tuesday 10 February 2004 5:43 am, Timur wrote:
--- "Paul W. Abrahams"
wrote: cd /etc/pam.d (echo "auth sufficient pam_permit.so"; cat kde) > kde-np
If instead you find "xdm" or "kdm", replace "kde" by one of those in two places in the second line above.
Paul, I tried your suggestion, but unluckly it didn't work...
I'm one of those who had only the xdm file. Following your suggestion I did:
(echo "auth sufficient pam_permit.so"; cat xdm) > kde-np
But unluckly it didn't work: after the reboot I still had the authentication failed message.
The problem, I think, is that you needed to replace "kde" by "xdm" in two places, not just one. The correct command would be: (echo "auth sufficient pam_permit.so"; cat xdm) > xdm-np Alternatively (and probably better), since you've created the correct file under the wrong name: mv kdm-np xdm-np I don't claim to understand what lies behind all this, however. Paul