GDM authentication problem

[Nathan Sprangers]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:12:22 -0500
Xpop <dlist at ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> 
> I think  the problem could be the .ICEauthority file in your home
> dir...
> I had the same problem once, somehow root was the owner of my
> .ICEauthority file..
> And when GDM cant read the file, it thinks its cause of space problem.
> 
> 
> the fix  
> ----------------
> sudo chown kkj .ICEauthority
> ----------
> 
> Change username "kkj" whit ur own username offcourse ;)

I'm fairly certain this is caused when you run a gui app as root (with
sudo for example).  The safe way to run a gui app with root priveleges
is 'gksudo [command]' which should prevent the ~/.ICEauthority ownership
altercation.  If someone knows that this isn't the cause I'd be
interested in finding out what really does this.

-Nathan