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neahahul

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Registered: 2018-04-29

Posts: 15

can't log in by XDM with any user other than root

hello guys
thanks for your continuous support <3
i digged in the forum for a little and tried some solutions but nothing worked for me
i use the xdm login manager with xfce4 desktop
and i can login only by root
here's some information :

ls -al /home :

  total 28
drwxr-xr-x  4 root         root   4096 May  8 04:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root         root   4096 May  9 01:26 ..
drwx------  2 root         root  16384 May  8 02:06 lost+found
drwxr-x---  2 USRNM users  4096 May 14 02:44  USRNM 

grep USRNM /etc/passwd :

 USRNM:x:1000:985::/home/USRNM:/bin/bash 

grep users /etc/group :

 users:x:985: 

what do you think ?

Last edited by neahahul (2018-05-14 14:18:44)

neahahul

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Registered: 2018-04-29

Posts: 15

Re: can't log in by XDM with any user other than root

note: i can log in with any user i want into tty1-tty6 with no problem
but not the desktop

mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

Posts: 1,938

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Re: can't log in by XDM with any user other than root

Can you create a new user, then log in as that new user from XDM?

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neahahul

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Registered: 2018-04-29

Posts: 15

Re: can't log in by XDM with any user other than root

Can you create a new user, then log in as that new user from XDM?

i did that and couldn't login
i'm able to login with root only

seth

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From: Won't reply 2 private help req

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 78,849

Re: can't log in by XDM with any user other than root

Did you try to
- look into your journal to see *why* the regular login fails? (error messages and such...)
- startx from a console login as "USRNM"?
- simplify your xinitrc to only start e.g. an xterm?

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