Bug 2110

Summary:	XFree86-3.3.3.1-40 fails to start
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Pekka Pietikäinen <pp>
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	Cristian Gafton <gafton>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	tytso
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Description Pekka Pietikäinen 1999-04-10 10:06:23 UTC

When attempting to start XFree86-3.3.3.1-40 I get the following
message from Xwrapper

connecting# startx

Authentication failed

(all packages including pam have been upgraded to 5.9.7b)

Comment 1 Pekka Pietikäinen 1999-04-10 10:14:59 UTC

fixed by renaming /etc/pam.d/X to /etc/pamd/x and adding
a /etc/security/console.apps/x

Comment 2 Theodore Tso 1999-04-10 14:04:59 UTC

I ran into this problem as well.  It's caused by Xwrapper looking
for /etc/pam.d/x and not finding it because the file which was
installed is /etc/pam.d/X (note upper csae versus lower case).

A workaround isto install a symlink /etc/pam.d/x -> X
now you will be able to run startx as root, but attempts to run startx
as non-rooto will still file, because apparently pam_console.so isn't
working.  (I will file a separate bug report for that.)  Workaround
for this problem is to insert a line in /etc/pam.d/X which reads:

auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_permit.so

Comment 3 Theodore Tso 1999-04-10 14:24:59 UTC

See bug #2114 for more info about the pam_console problem

Comment 4 Pekka Pietikäinen 1999-04-10 14:35:59 UTC

Actually touch /etc/security/console.apps/x makes it work
even for normal users. If I understood correctly, everything
pam_console handles needs to have an entry in that directory.

Comment 5 Michael K. Johnson 1999-04-11 21:15:59 UTC

Fixed in -41 -- -40 was only meant for our internal testing of
this new functionality.  "xserver" is the new service name.  I
simply forgot that PAM lowercased everything and forgot to add
the console.perms file.