Re: problem garnome 2.13.2 debian sarge

["Joseph E. Sacco, PhD" <joseph_sacco comcast net>]

Carlos,

* cd desktop/gdm
* edit the Makefile
- look for

	CONFIGURE_ARGS = $(DIRPATHS)

- change it to 
	CONFIGURE_ARGS = $(DIRPATHS) --enable-authentication-scheme=pam

if your system support PAM authentication.


-Joseph

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On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 12:29 -0300, Carlos Gabriel Drach wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 09:56 -0500, Joseph E. Sacco, PhD wrote:
> > Carlos,
> > 
> > The problem appears to be caused by the authentication scheme that was
> > automatically chosen during the configuration process:
> > 
> >         --enable-authentication-scheme=auto/pam/crypt/shadow  
> > 
> >         [Choose a specific authentication scheme default=auto]
> > 
> > On my system, which is an FC2 clone, PAM was chosen so
> > 
> >         ./daemon/verify-shadow.c
> > 
> > was never compiled. 
> > 
> > If PAM is supported on your system, you could modify the GAR Makefile
> > 
> >         CONFIGURE_ARGS = $(DIRPATHS) --enable-authentication-scheme=pam
> > 
> > which should work around the problem.
> > 
> > The question remains, "Does gdm-2.13.0.1 actually support shadow
> > authentication?"
> > 
> > * undefined reference to `ve_string_empty'
> > ve_string_empty is a macro defined in
> > 
> >         ./vicious-extensions/ve-misc.h
> > 
> > adding this include file into ./daemon/verify-shadow.c
> > 
> >         #include "gdm.h"
> >         #include "misc.h"
> >         #include "slave.h"
> >         #include "verify.h"
> >         #include "errorgui.h"
> >         #include "ve-misc.h"   <<========  
> > 
> > will eliminate the undefined reference to ve_string_empty complaint.
> > 
> > * GdmAllowRoot, GdmAllowRemoteRoot, GdmDisplayLastLogin, GdmRetryDelay
> > - were all declared "extern" in verify-shadow.c
> > - are defined as static types in gdmconfig.c
> 
> 
> i got this now:
> 
> garnome-2.13.2/desktop/gdm/work/main.d/gdm-2.13.0.1/daemon/verify-shadow.c:225: undefined reference to `GdmAllowRoot'
> 
> also, dont understand where should put 
> 
>   CONFIGURE_ARGS = $(DIRPATHS) --enable-authentication-scheme=pam
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Carlos.-
> 
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