[H-GEN] xdm (again)

[gearon at computer.org]

I sent this question out the other day, but since no one answered I 
put it down to the time of year and am re-posting.  Unfortunately I 
lost the original post, so I have to try and remember what I wrote 
last week...

The hassle is with xdm.  While X works quite well (by using startx) I 
am unable to use xdm.  Whenever I try to login using xdm I am told 
"Incorrect Login".  This is the same regardless of who I try to log 
in as (root or otherwise).  It also makes no difference whether I am 
loging in from the console or a remote X-server.  David M suggested 
it could be related to shadow passwords not working correctly (as 
there is a problem changing passwords using "passwd" - the X user 
configurator works correctly though.  Weird...), but it makes no 
difference whether I'm using /etc/shadow or /etc/passwd.

Of course, this makes no difference to running a local X-server (i.e. 
by using startx) but it means that we can't run X programs on this 
box remotely.

The box is running a _very_ standard RedHat installation on a 
sparcstation2.  An identical setup on my PC works fine and I'm 
running out of ideas.

Even if no-one out there has any idea (and _that_ seems just a little 
far-fetched  :)  then any suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA
Paul

gearon at computer.org

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