Re: pam_unix closed session for RH7.X

["Adam Slattery" <aslattery sunriselinux com>]

> the gdm window will always kick me out even if I chose
> the fail-safe option.
that's not good.

>  from /var/log/messages, I can see:
>  May 21 22:35:24 stag gdm(pam_unix)[1158]: session opened for user ywangz
by (uid=0)
>  May 21 22:35:24 stag gdm[1158]: gdm_slave_session_start: ywangz on :0
>  May 21 22:35:29 stag gdm(pam_unix)[1158]: session closed for user ywangz
>  May 21 22:35:29 stag gdm[1158]: gdm_auth_user_remove: /home/ywangz is not
owned by uid 0.
>  May 21 22:35:29 stag gdm[1158]: gdm_auth_user_remove: Ignoring
suspiciously
>  looking cookie file /home/ywangz/.Xauthority

>  If I switch to xdm whose pam config is the same as above, I could log in
>  successfully using fvwm, so I am really confused. what am I missing,
>  with gdm or pam?

Well if xdm works then it almost definately isn't a pam problem.  The error
messages were also coming from gdm rather than pam, so it would be a safe
bet that this is a problem with gdm or your gdm configuration.