Can't log-in !

[Philip]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73438

There are several bugs entered against various distros where running a
program as root from a user session resulted in a users .ICEauthority file
being owned by root and preventing user from logging in again after a
shutdown. This has been reported under gnome and kde on redhat and other
distros.

Not sure if it isn't operator error or a case of the OS not protecting
itself from user/program mistakes. The obvious answer is not to do things
like run certain programs as root when you don't need to.

I'll let the experts comment further.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Trouilliez" <vincent.trouilliez at wanadoo.fr>
To: "Ubuntu mailing list" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 6:27 PM
Subject: Can't log-in !


> Seeing as I finally got my SCSI burner to work (at least, with
> Nautilus), I proceeded to close the computer case, and unplugged the
> power cable of the CD burner, as it's noisy even at idle. I am going to
> need the burner very rarely so it's not too much trouble.
>
> When I rebooted, Gnome refused to start ! Not even a 'fail safe'
> session !
> On clicking the 'detail' button, it revealed that it was unable to read
> some fil by the name of ~/.ICEauthority
>
> Switched to the console, had a look, but the file was there !
> But looking at attributes, it appeared that only root had any sort of
> access to that file (-rw--------------- ), so I tried 'sudo chmod
> 777 .ICEauthority', then switched back GDM and Gnome eventually was kind
> enough to give me my much beloved desktop.
>
> Scared the hell out of me (doesn't take much ;o) at first. If I was
> still with Mandrake, I would probably have re-installed the entire
> system, but because Ubuntu required me to get my hands dirty to get my
> hardware working, I have become much less worried by the console and
> things that don't work as expected.
>
> So, thanks Ubuntu..in a way ;o)
>
> Still, what the hell happened, why did the attributes of that file got
> changed so that I could not log-in anymore ???
>
> A bit scary to think that you canlose your desktop so easily !! :-/
>
>
> Vince, slowly recovering from a near heart-attack... ;o)
>
>
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