[3059] in Athena Bugs
xdm syslog messages (RT 6.3, probably also vax)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Carr)
Fri Sep 1 00:00:46 1989
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 89 00:00:32 EDT
From: John Carr <jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Judging by the contents of my workstation's sulog files, xdm is making
poor use of the auth.notice syslog priority. For example,
Aug 29 15:22:51 achates xlogin: No such file or directory
Aug 29 15:22:51 achates xlogin: User register is not in password file, and /etc/nocreate found.
Aug 29 15:22:51 achates xlogin: No such file or directory
Aug 29 15:22:51 achates xlogin: You are not allowed to log into this machine. Contact the machine's administrator or a consultant for further information.
Aug 29 15:23:01 achates xlogin: No such file or directory
Aug 29 15:23:01 achates xlogin: User register is not in password file, and /etc/nocreate found.
Aug 30 13:38:35 achates xlogin: Connection refused
"No such file or directory" by itself is useless. I haven't the slightest
idea what it means, even though I set up this machine. I can guess what
"Connection refused" refers to, but it should give more context.
"You are not allowed to log into this machine. Contact the machine's
administrator or a consultant for further information." is a fine message
to send to a user, but again it is of no use to readers of sulog.
What SHOULD have happened:
Aug 29 15:22:51 achates xlogin: No such file or directory "/foo/bar"
Aug 29 15:22:51 achates xlogin: User register is not in password file, and /etc/nocreate found.
Aug 30 13:38:35 achates xlogin: Connection refused connecting to X server
and no other messages.
