Using RHEL3's defaults. [guest@ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bashrc # .bashrc # User specific aliases and functions # Source global definitions if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi [guest@ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bash_profile # .bash_profile # Get the aliases and functions if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi # User specific environment and startup programs PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export PATH unset USERNAME [guest@ibmlnx21 guest]$ echo $PATH /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/guest/bin Oliver On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:34:57 -0700, Brian D. McGrew <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Show us your .bash_profile and .bashrc files. Are all the users using > default system files or are any of these customized? Also, is > /usr/X11R6/bin in your path and /usr/X11R6/lib in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH? > > -brian > > Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || > pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx } > -- > > YOU! Off my planet! > > > On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote: > > > Yes, I should have mentioned that as well. KDE sits at the same blank > > screen with cursor after successfully authenticating the user via GDM. > > As I mentioned previously, the "failsafe" session works fine. > > > > Oliver > > > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:24:40 -0700, Brian D. McGrew > > <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Those two lines look good. The only reason for the automounter would > >> be a matter of simplicity not functionality. > >> > >> Have you tried logging in with KDE or any other window manager besides > >> gnome? > >> > >> -brian > >> > >> Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || > >> pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx } > >> -- > >>> YOU! Off my planet! > >> > >> > >> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote: > >> > >>> Relevant line from server's /etc/exports: > >>> /home 128.119.158.0/24(rw,sync) > >>> > >>> Relevant line from client's /etc/fstab: > >>> 128.119.163.32:/home /home nfs rw,hard,intr > >>> 0 0 > >>> > >>> I did not consider using the automounter, since I assumed a simple > >>> mount via fstab would do the trick. I will look into this. > >>> > >>> Oliver > >>> > >>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:08:59 -0700, Brian D. McGrew > >>> <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>> Ok ... so if it occurs with a brand new user with nothing special in > >>>> the login, (unlike my login environment which is going 14 years old > >>>> now) then lets have a look at your /etc/fstab on the client and the > >>>> /etc/exports file from the server. > >>>> > >>>> Also, if I may ask, why aren't you using the automounter (amd) > >>>> instead > >>>> of hard mounting the in the fstab? > >>>> > >>>> -brian > >>>> > >>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || > >>>> pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx } > >>>> -- > >>>>> YOU! Off my planet! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Brian, > >>>>> > >>>>> I should mention this happens with all of the users. I've even > >>>>> created > >>>>> some "fresh" accounts, using RHEL3's defaults, and the same > >>>>> problems > >>>>> occur. > >>>>> > >>>>> Here are the permissions under one of the test accounts: > >>>>> drwx------ 5 guest guest 4096 Aug 26 16:20 . > >>>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 25 14:13 .. > >>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 60 Aug 26 14:32 > >>>>> .bash_history > >>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 24 Sep 18 2003 > >>>>> .bash_logout > >>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 191 Sep 18 2003 > >>>>> .bash_profile > >>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 124 Sep 18 2003 .bashrc > >>>>> drwx------ 3 guest guest 4096 Aug 25 18:00 .gconfd > >>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 guest guest 4096 Aug 25 18:00 .gnome2 > >>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 120 Aug 20 2003 .gtkrc > >>>>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 guest guest 11 Aug 26 14:31 > >>>>> guest_test.txt > >>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 guest guest 4096 Aug 24 14:01 .kde > >>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 607 Aug 26 14:31 .viminfo > >>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 0 Aug 26 16:20 .Xauthority > >>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 0 Aug 26 16:20 > >>>>> .xsession-errors > >>>>> > >>>>> Oliver > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:50:41 -0700, Brian D. McGrew > >>>>> <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>>> I would have a look in the users home directory and make sure that > >>>>>> you > >>>>>> have correct permissions on all the dot files (.gnome, .gtkrc, > >>>>>> etc) > >>>>>> and > >>>>>> that the correct ownership is set. I saw this problem once on > >>>>>> Solaris > >>>>>> with Sun's gnome recently. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -brian > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || > >>>>>> pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx } > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> YOU! Off my planet! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> I am experiencing a problem logging onto the GNOME desktop with > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> following setup: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Server (RHEL3 AS) is exporting /home via NFS and running an LDAP > >>>>>>> server for authentication. Client (RHEL3 WS) is mounting /home > >>>>>>> via > >>>>>>> an > >>>>>>> entry in /etc/fstab. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The mount works fine, and client is set up for LDAP > >>>>>>> authentication > >>>>>>> correctly. I can log in through the console or SSH into the > >>>>>>> client > >>>>>>> machine and access the user's home directory and work perfectly > >>>>>>> normally. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The only problem I have is when I try to log onto the client > >>>>>>> machine > >>>>>>> using GDM to run X locally. If I log in as one of the users on > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> server, with their home directory in the mounted share, the user > >>>>>>> is > >>>>>>> authenticated and the screen turns blank with a cursor and sits > >>>>>>> there, > >>>>>>> not bringing up a GNOME desktop. I can log in through GDM into a > >>>>>>> "failsafe" session, but not GNOME. If I log in as root on the > >>>>>>> client > >>>>>>> machine, everything works fine, and the GNOME desktop comes up > >>>>>>> correctly. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> There are no obvious errors in the logs that I can find. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Oliver > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> redhat-list mailing list > >>>>>>> unsubscribe > >>>>>>> mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >>>>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list