One regular account can't login via gdm

[Glynn Clements]

Sune Mølgaard wrote:

> Not sure if this is the right list, but I'll try.
> 
> My own account can login just fine, but my girlfriend's can't. 
> .xsession-errors states the following:
> 
> /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
> /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w 
> /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l 
> ":0" "michelle"
> /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> Couldn't connect to X server.
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> I notice, that her .Xauthority is empty. Might that be the cause, and 
> how do I generate a real one for her?

~/.Xauthority is generated by the display manager (gdm) after a
successful login.

The display manager generates a random authentication key, and writes
it to ~/.Xauthority (where ~ corresponds to the user's home directory
from /etc/passwd) and also to the file specified by the X server's
-auth switch.

Upon connection, Xlib obtains the key from the file specified by
$XAUTHORITY (or $HOME/.Xauthority if that variable is unset) and uses
it to authenticate with the X server.

Ensure that there isn't anything wrong with her /etc/passwd entry, and
that the permissions on her home directory and on ~/.Xauthority are
sane.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>