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From: gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: xdm (R6) problem on FreeBSD.1.1.5.1
Date: 2 Sep 1994 18:53:46 GMT
Organization: Andrews University
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In article <346fi6$20r@staff.cs.su.oz.au> jasonf@cs.su.oz.au (Jason Fearon) writes:
>I have compiled X11R6 on FreeBSD.1.1.5.1 and have the following problem,
>when I run xdm I cannot log in .. if I run it in debug mode I get a
>passwd verification failed error ... anyone had this problem ??

I'd guess that you don't have the correct crypt linked in with xdm.
Since you're outside of the US, you probably don't have the necessary
xdm/library patch.

-Andrew
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