1. xdm-setup question
Hello out there!
A problem of a novice Linux user:
I'm unable to have xdm control the login procedure. Xdm starts itself
and starts the X server right, the xlogin window appears, but the user
password verification allways fails.
Deleting the password entries in /etc/passwd makes login enable, but I
don't think that's the right way to establish this feature.
Running 'xdm -debug 1' enforces this fact, cause it says 'verification
password failed' (or something like that, don't remember the exact
message). Telling me the length of the typed password -- I think it
reads the correct one from the login window.
Obviously xdm crypt's the password in another way the passwd program does.
So:
What can I do? Do I have to recompile xdm?
I got XFree86-3.1.2 from a precompiled installation and there is no
source code of the XFree86 clients. Do I have to recompile the original
MIT distribution? (Is this even possible on linux systems?)
Are there places in the net where I can get binary xdm versions using
different password coding algorithms?
Many thanks in advance -- Peter
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