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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: No kdm log on for regular user
From:       Seth Rothberg <sethmr () bellatlantic ! net>
Date:       2001-01-31 2:51:42
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Very interesting. I don't have shadow passwords enabled on my machine though. 
I wonder if kdm is crashing because it can't find the /etc/shadow file at all?

Seth


On Tuesday 30 January 2001 01:11 pm, Werner Joss wrote:
> On Sunday 28 January 2001 20:14, Seth Rothberg wrote:
> > Thanks, Werner. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one and that you sent
> > in a bug report.
>
> Seth,
> I just managed with the help of oswald buddenhagen, the kdm developer,
> to solve this problem - it was related to an inconsitency in the files
> /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow - I had used an ugly hack to /etc/passwd by
> just copying the 'normal users list' in there out of the passwd file from
> another machine - but kdm looks in /etc/shadow and hence could not fine the
> uid(s) there - result is a crash.
> once repaired this - kdm works for me like expected.
> werner
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