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Re: How to get xdm working?
- From: pnews at lomarline dot freeserve dot co dot uk
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:14:43 +1200 (NZST)
- Subject: Re: How to get xdm working?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
>
> This doesnt work for me on Win2K.
> I have an account that is in the Administrators group.
> I copied the SYSTEM line and changed it to root: xdm fails the same
> way.
> I tried with the Administrator line too, no way.
>
> rcv0095@GE1C01WN2K30 ~
> $ grep 544 /etc/passwd
> SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
> root:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
> Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
I have run some tests. It is the UID which is tested not the name. So
any user which as the 3rd column in the passwd file of 0 can run xdm as
a daemon.
NB For testing purposes I suggest that you remove the * in
the second column (password) until you have the thing working.
Also to login as root I would have thought you would need
a home dir and a shell:
root::0:544:optional_string:/root:/bin/bash