GNOME Login Problem
Jyce
jyce at free.fr
Thu Aug 26 19:36:34 UTC 2004
When logged as root can you change from user in an xterm
(ie. xterm -e su - $user ).
I think that normal user doesn't have enough rights to access the nfs
mounted partition.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Aaltonen" <aaltonen at gmail.com>
To: "Brian D. McGrew" <brian at doubledimension.com>
Cc: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: GNOME Login Problem
> No luck. I did what you had suggested (with the exception of "chmod
> -Rh", since "-h" is an invalid option), and attempting to log in
> results in the same problem. The local root user on the client machine
> can now read and write to the test user's home directory, unlike
> before, but otherwise there was no change in behavior.
>
> Oliver
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:15:57 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
> > Ok ... So we're thinking a permissions or authentication problem now;
> > since a local user is working just fine. I assume that you still have
> > a test user who's still on the NFS mounted /home right?
> >
> > This is totally un-secure and generally a bad idea but since the user
> > will soon be deleted, go to /home and do a chmod -Rh 777 <user_dir> and
> > then try and log in again. I think it'll work. In fact, just to see
> > what files (if any) are changed, do it in this order:
> >
> > 1) cd /home; find ./<user_dir> -print >> /tmp/orig_files.txt
> > 2) chmod -Rh 777 <user_dir>
> > 3) Login (I think it'll work)
> > 4) If it does work, cd /home; find ./<user_dir> -print >>
> > /tmp/new_files.txt
> > 5) diff /tmp/orig_files.txt /tmp/new_files.txt (To see what's changed)
> >
> > -brian
> >
> > Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
> > pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
> > --
> > > YOU! Off my planet!
> >
> >
> > On Aug 26, 2004, at 11:07 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> >
> > > Network connectivity is normal and working fine. As I mentioned, I can
> > > log in through a console, SSH, failsafe, etc. and operate fine. I am
> > > using LDAP for authentication.
> > >
> > > All routing and DNS settings are fine, and the network works as
> > > normal. The root user can operate any network-utilizing utilities fine
> > > from within GNOME, and console-based and X utilities work for everyone
> > > else, just not from within GNOME.
> > >
> > > I created another test account, this time pointing to a different home
> > > directory, this time using the local directory /tmp/guest2 instead of
> > > the default, NFS-mounted /home/guest2. I was able to log into GNOME
> > > successfully.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Oliver
> > >
> > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:53:31 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> > > <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
> > >> OK ... So then it's pretty safe to assume that it's not something in
> > >> the environment then. How about network connectivity? Are you able
> > >> to
> > >> reach the rest of your network without any problems? What are you
> > >> using for authentication? NIS or LDAP?
> > >>
> > >> What about your defualtrouter and DNS setup, is that all correct? I
> > >> assume that you can open a browser and get to the web ok (logged in
as
> > >> root, of course)?
> > >>
> > >> Also one lat thing to try ... Create a user that's in your
> > >> authentication system but put the home directory local on the
> > >> workstation and see if that works? I'm wondering if there is some
> > >> issue with write permissions in the authentication process.
> > >>
> > >> -brian
> > >>
> > >> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
> > >> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
> > >> --
> > >>> YOU! Off my planet!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:46 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Using RHEL3's defaults.
> > >>>
> > >>> [guest at ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bashrc
> > >>> # .bashrc
> > >>>
> > >>> # User specific aliases and functions
> > >>>
> > >>> # Source global definitions
> > >>> if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
> > >>> . /etc/bashrc
> > >>> fi
> > >>> [guest at ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bash_profile
> > >>> # .bash_profile
> > >>>
> > >>> # Get the aliases and functions
> > >>> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
> > >>> . ~/.bashrc
> > >>> fi
> > >>>
> > >>> # User specific environment and startup programs
> > >>>
> > >>> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
> > >>>
> > >>> export PATH
> > >>> unset USERNAME
> > >>> [guest at ibmlnx21 guest]$ echo $PATH
> > >>> /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/
> > >>> guest/bin
> > >>>
> > >>> Oliver
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:34:57 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> > >>> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
> > >>>> Show us your .bash_profile and .bashrc files. Are all the users
> > >>>> using
> > >>>> default system files or are any of these customized? Also, is
> > >>>> /usr/X11R6/bin in your path and /usr/X11R6/lib in your
> > >>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -brian
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
> > >>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
> > >>>> --
> > >>>>> YOU! Off my planet!
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Yes, I should have mentioned that as well. KDE sits at the same
> > >>>>> blank
> > >>>>> screen with cursor after successfully authenticating the user via
> > >>>>> GDM.
> > >>>>> As I mentioned previously, the "failsafe" session works fine.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Oliver
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:24:40 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> > >>>>> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>> Those two lines look good. The only reason for the automounter
> > >>>>>> would
> > >>>>>> be a matter of simplicity not functionality.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Have you tried logging in with KDE or any other window manager
> > >>>>>> besides
> > >>>>>> gnome?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> -brian
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
> > >>>>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
> > >>>>>> --
> > >>>>>>> YOU! Off my planet!
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Relevant line from server's /etc/exports:
> > >>>>>>> /home 128.119.158.0/24(rw,sync)
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Relevant line from client's /etc/fstab:
> > >>>>>>> 128.119.163.32:/home /home nfs
> > >>>>>>> rw,hard,intr
> > >>>>>>> 0 0
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I did not consider using the automounter, since I assumed a
> > >>>>>>> simple
> > >>>>>>> mount via fstab would do the trick. I will look into this.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Oliver
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:08:59 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> > >>>>>>> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>> Ok ... so if it occurs with a brand new user with nothing
> > >>>>>>>> special
> > >>>>>>>> in
> > >>>>>>>> the login, (unlike my login environment which is going 14 years
> > >>>>>>>> old
> > >>>>>>>> now) then lets have a look at your /etc/fstab on the client and
> > >>>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>> /etc/exports file from the server.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Also, if I may ask, why aren't you using the automounter (amd)
> > >>>>>>>> instead
> > >>>>>>>> of hard mounting the in the fstab?
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> -brian
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
> > >>>>>>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
> > >>>>>>>> --
> > >>>>>>>>> YOU! Off my planet!
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Brian,
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> I should mention this happens with all of the users. I've even
> > >>>>>>>>> created
> > >>>>>>>>> some "fresh" accounts, using RHEL3's defaults, and the same
> > >>>>>>>>> problems
> > >>>>>>>>> occur.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Here are the permissions under one of the test accounts:
> > >>>>>>>>> drwx------ 5 guest guest 4096 Aug 26 16:20 .
> > >>>>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 25 14:13 ..
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 60 Aug 26 14:32
> > >>>>>>>>> .bash_history
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 24 Sep 18 2003
> > >>>>>>>>> .bash_logout
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 191 Sep 18 2003
> > >>>>>>>>> .bash_profile
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 124 Sep 18 2003
.bashrc
> > >>>>>>>>> drwx------ 3 guest guest 4096 Aug 25 18:00
.gconfd
> > >>>>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 guest guest 4096 Aug 25 18:00
.gnome2
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 120 Aug 20 2003 .gtkrc
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 guest guest 11 Aug 26 14:31
> > >>>>>>>>> guest_test.txt
> > >>>>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 guest guest 4096 Aug 24 14:01 .kde
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 607 Aug 26 14:31
> > >>>>>>>>> .viminfo
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 0 Aug 26 16:20
> > >>>>>>>>> .Xauthority
> > >>>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 0 Aug 26 16:20
> > >>>>>>>>> .xsession-errors
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Oliver
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:50:41 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> > >>>>>>>>> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>> I would have a look in the users home directory and make sure
> > >>>>>>>>>> that
> > >>>>>>>>>> you
> > >>>>>>>>>> have correct permissions on all the dot files (.gnome,
.gtkrc,
> > >>>>>>>>>> etc)
> > >>>>>>>>>> and
> > >>>>>>>>>> that the correct ownership is set. I saw this problem once
on
> > >>>>>>>>>> Solaris
> > >>>>>>>>>> with Sun's gnome recently.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> -brian
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
> > >>>>>>>>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
> > >>>>>>>>>> --
> > >>>>>>>>>>> YOU! Off my planet!
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I am experiencing a problem logging onto the GNOME desktop
> > >>>>>>>>>>> with
> > >>>>>>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> following setup:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Server (RHEL3 AS) is exporting /home via NFS and running an
> > >>>>>>>>>>> LDAP
> > >>>>>>>>>>> server for authentication. Client (RHEL3 WS) is mounting
> > >>>>>>>>>>> /home
> > >>>>>>>>>>> via
> > >>>>>>>>>>> an
> > >>>>>>>>>>> entry in /etc/fstab.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> The mount works fine, and client is set up for LDAP
> > >>>>>>>>>>> authentication
> > >>>>>>>>>>> correctly. I can log in through the console or SSH into the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> client
> > >>>>>>>>>>> machine and access the user's home directory and work
> > >>>>>>>>>>> perfectly
> > >>>>>>>>>>> normally.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> The only problem I have is when I try to log onto the client
> > >>>>>>>>>>> machine
> > >>>>>>>>>>> using GDM to run X locally. If I log in as one of the users
> > >>>>>>>>>>> on
> > >>>>>>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> server, with their home directory in the mounted share, the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> user
> > >>>>>>>>>>> is
> > >>>>>>>>>>> authenticated and the screen turns blank with a cursor and
> > >>>>>>>>>>> sits
> > >>>>>>>>>>> there,
> > >>>>>>>>>>> not bringing up a GNOME desktop. I can log in through GDM
> > >>>>>>>>>>> into
> > >>>>>>>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>>> "failsafe" session, but not GNOME. If I log in as root on
the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> client
> > >>>>>>>>>>> machine, everything works fine, and the GNOME desktop comes
> > >>>>>>>>>>> up
> > >>>>>>>>>>> correctly.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> There are no obvious errors in the logs that I can find.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Oliver
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
--
Cordialement,
Jean-Christophe VALIERE
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