Can't login

[Matthew Voss]

Thanks, but what is a uid?
Goo

On 7/17/07, Smoot Carl-Mitchell <smoot at tic.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 08:45 -0700, Matthew Voss wrote:
> > I can't login using the gui. Right now I am very glad for elinks
> > termial web browser. The error message is something like this: GDM did
> > not write your authorizaition file. I any event you can not log in.
> > Please contact your sever administrator.
>
> Sounds like a permissions problem with your home directory or you do not
> have a home directory for the login account. Check the home directory
> entry in /etc/passwd and be sure it is owned by the correct uid and
> allows that uid to create files in the directory.
>
> The authorization file is called .Xauthority and lives in your home
> directory.  You might check its permissions as well.
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