[lug] pam_unix closes session

[D. Stimits]

Benno Stein wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Redhat 7.3, Gnome desktop, and the gdm display manager.
> 
> I've the following problem with the graphical login:
> 
> When a normal user logs in, the graphical login disappears, and
> instead of to be logged, the graphical login comes again. This
> only appears at the first login after a shutdown/reboot.
> 
> However, root is always able to log in normally.
> 
> 
> The respective lines in /var/log/messages reflect this behavior:
> 
> [...]
> Sep 25 02:24:49 pc-chaos gdm(pam_unix)[1083]: session opened for user 
> jeanclaude by (uid=0)
> Sep 25 02:24:51 pc-chaos gdm(pam_unix)[1083]: session closed for user 
> jeanclaude
> Sep 25 02:25:11 pc-chaos gdm(pam_unix)[1083]: session opened for user 
> root by (uid=0)
> Sep 25 02:25:20 pc-chaos gnome-name-server[1370]: starting
> [...]
> 
> 
> The message log does not show any errors.
> The settings in pam.d file have not been modified.
> 
> 
> I searched the Internet quite carefully but could not find a solution.
> Do you have any clue?
> 

Have you tried removing temp files that might be stale? Run "init 3" to 
go to console mode, then do this (followed by "init 5" when done):
  rm -f /tmp/orbit-jeanclaude/*
  rm -f /tmp/.ICE-unix/*
  rm -f /tmp/.X11-unix/*

Also, cd to the jeanclaude home directory, and remove the .Xauthority 
and .ICEauthority files...then init 5 again.

Also, did this ever work for that account?

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com