[10384] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.4H: mkserv xterm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ellis@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Tue Mar 23 09:22:46 1993
From: ellis@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 09:22:42 EST
System name: m33-220-1
Type and version: KN02ca 7.4H (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
Run xdm on an Athena DECstation. Set up was done with "mkserv xterm"
What's wrong:
When the system reboots, user home directory's cannot be attached
on login from an X terminal. When "xdm" is killed, and restarted
from a root login, user login on an X terminal proceeds normally.
This is apparently due to xdm being unable to find necessary commands.
Modifying the default "rc.local" (created by mkserv) to:
PATH=/usr/athena/bin:/etc/athena:/etc:/bin/athena:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:\
/usr/local:/usr/athena/etc:/usr/etc:/usr/bin/X11: ; export PATH
if [ -f /usr/athena/etc/xdm ]; then
/usr/athena/etc/xdm -config /etc/athena/xdm/xdm-config
fi
corrects the problem.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
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