[K12OSN] RE: K12ltsp login

[Bob Mead]

From: Rob Owens <rowens at ptd.net>
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Re: K12ltsp login
To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 03:20:06PM -0800, Bob Mead wrote:

> > 2009/1/14 Bob Mead <bmead at lane.k12.or.us>:
> > 
>   
>>> > >> I'm working on a new k12ltsp 5EL installation. So far I have the server
>>> > >> loaded, its mounting users' /home dirs from a remote machine via nfs,
>>> > >>  authenticating via our remote ldap server (FINALLY!!!, thanks Dan and
>>> > >> others) and now when I login as a user I get "User's $Home/.dmrc file is
>>> > >> being ignored (etc)" I googled the answer to this error and found that I
>>> > >> need to login as me and chmod the permissions to 644. I tried to do this
>>>       
>> > >  
>>     
> > Try adding this to the [security] stanza of /etc/gdm/custom.conf:
> > 
> > RelaxPermissions=1
> > 
> > Might also try this in /etc/gdm/custom.conf:
> > 
> > CheckDirOwner=false
> > 
> > Do you find any .dmrc files with this command?
> > 
> > updatedb && locate .dmrc
> > 
> > 
> > Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
> > Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
> > 503-257-1562
> > 
> > Dan:
> > I tried adding the Relax line and restarting gdm - did not fix the problem. 
> > I added the CheckDir line and again restarted gdm  (using gdm stop and gdm 
> > restart - both of which return "GDM already running. Aborting!" so its 
> > probably not working. I ran the update & locate - it found a large number 
> > of .dmrc files all except mine being in the user's /home directory. Mine is 
> > located in /oldhome and it will not let me copy or move it, seemingly no 
> > matter what I do to the permissions or ownership - either as myself or as 
> > root. Any further thoughts on what I might try?
>   
Dan: I tried changing to relaxpermissions=2 and rebooted, no change. Why 
does gdm restart (or gdm stop) return "GDM already running. Aborting!" 
.  I tried the gdmflexiserver cmd as detailed in custom.conf, i.e. - 
gdmflexiserver --command="UPDATE_CONFIG security/Relax Permissions=2" 
returned 'OK' so I think that got it, but I'm a little confused by the 
above error(s).

> > 
>   
The root user may not be allowed to change permissions of the files on an nfs-mounted /home directory.  NFS defaults to the "root_squash" option.  You could try exporting /home with the "no_root_squash" option. 

-Rob

Thanks Rob, that fixed it! Unfortunately it brought up another problem: now my login screen goes blank after I enter my username and password and eventually returns to start all over again, i.e.- asking for username and password. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,
	~bob



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