[632] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: X11R5 xdm problems - missing or stolen tokens
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Inglett)
Tue Feb 25 03:47:22 1992
Reply-To: "Todd Inglett" <tinglett@rchland.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1992 12:56:05 -0600 (CST)
From: Todd Inglett <tinglett+@rchland.ibm.com>
To: Scanner <lucee%rpi.edu@rchgate.rchland.ibm.com>
Cc: info-afs@transarc.com (Info AFS Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <9202241824.AA16183@rpi.edu>
Excerpts from mail: 24-Feb-92 Re: X11R5 xdm problems - mi..
Scanner@RCHGATE.rchland. (1094)
> > I think I've worked around the AIX xdm problem. Just run it like this
> > (from /etc/rc or whatever):
> >
> > /usr/afs/etc/pagsh -c "/usr/bin/X11/xdm -config /usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config"
> The major problem with this, though, is that xdm can then only manage
> one station.
I still tell ka_UserAuthenticateGeneral to get a new PAG for the user
that is being authenticated. I guess I didn't make that very clear.
> I have the setpag() call in the section of dm.c right after xdm forks
> to manage a display.
> I get the same problems I had before.. after about two days, no more
> pags are created, and user's get logged on without a pag.
Hmm...I suppose I'll see it eventually, too. Are you running AIX 3.1?
I wonder why ka_UserAuthenticateGeneral isn't hanging for you? I am
still using the x11r4 version of xdm, so perhaps there is a difference.
-todd inglett
