Version: (using KDE KDE 3.1.94) Installed from: SuSE RPMs When set to automatically log in, I get an error dialog: "Authenticating <username>..." "Authentication failed." When starting kdm in debug mode (with -debug 1), I get the following messages in my syslog: Dec 15 16:14:33 linux kdm[1611]: WaitForSomething Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm[1614]: after XOpenDisplay(:0) Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm[1614]: ManageSession :0 Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: autoLogon, tdiff = 1071530062, rLogin = 0, goodexit = 0, nuser = (null) Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: Verify ... Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: PAM service xdm-np Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: opening new PAM handle Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: pam_authenticate() ... Dec 15 16:14:37 linux PAM-warn[1614]: function=[pam_sm_authenticate] service=[xdm-np] terminal=[:0] user=[ntoone] ruser=[<unknown>] rhost=[<unknown>] Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: PAM_conv Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF (usecur): Password: Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: PAM_conv success Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: pam_authenticate() returned: Authentication failure Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: starting greeter for :0 Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1614]: loading resource file: /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources Dec 15 16:14:37 linux kdm: :0[1617]: execute: /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources ; DISPLAY=:0 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin SHELL=/bin/sh XAUTHORITY=/var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-umjcKv This was working before I upgraded to the 3.2 beta - so I don't believe it is a PAM configuration issue. The only chnage made was upgrading to the 3.2 beta.
i bet 10:1 that this is the same problem ... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 68331 ***
Worked great - it appears that SuSE doesn't include the new pam mechanisms either. I just created a file /etc/pam.d/xdm-np (it was using xdm-np - not kdm-np) with the contents: auth required /lib/security/pam_permit.so Thanks for helping track that down!
I wanted to let the powers that be know that I had this exact same problem with the Debian dist of 3.2 and was able to resolve using the method described by Nathan. Thanks!
i've also got this problem in Kubuntu with kde 4.0.4 can't get any sort of auto-login going on