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Zoran Ovcin <[log in to unmask]>
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Zoran Ovcin <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:09:19 +0200
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Is your / partition full? Or nearly full?

On 06/10/2011 02:50 AM, Chris Tooley wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> OK still trying to get graphical login working with SSSD + GDM, so
> here's more information about my system setup, with which I cannot login
> using an LDAP account through GDM.
>
> * I am using 6rolling
> * I am using base 6rolling install - nothing customized.
> * I am using SSSD (sssd-1.5.1-34.el6.x86_64) with LDAP for
> authentication and identification purposes.
> * I can log in as root
> * I can log in as a local user, created by root
> * Both the local user and root can log in using GDM (root, after editing
> pam.d/gdm)
> * I can log in with an LDAP account using SSH.
> * I can log in with an LDAP account into a terminal on the computer
> * When I go into runlevel 3 with "init 3" from a root account on a
> terminal, and log in as a user on another terminal, I can start X11 with
> the "startx" command.
>
> When I attempt to login using an LDAP account, here is the behaviour
> that I get:
> I click "other", enter my username, enter my password. The busy cursor
> appears, and then the screen blacks out and returns me back to my login
> screen.
>
> I figure there is something weird going on with GDM.
>
> Unfortunately, GDM is being coy with any possible errors, and, even when
> I set debug=true in /etc/gdm/custom.conf I get a plethora of debugging
> messages, none of which seem to hint to any errors. I can attach
> /etc/messages to an email if requested but I cannot see any errors.
>
> Here is what "id ctooley" returns when I run it as root btw:
>
> [root@heplw44 gdm]# id ctooley
> uid=110233(ctooley) gid=110233 groups=110233,34244(hep)
>
> Any clues in this would be immensely appreciated :)
> Thanks!
> -Chris Tooley


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