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From: squires@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Matt Squires)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: pam under X
Message-ID: <101950039@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Jun 89 15:49:59 GMT
References: <3400@cps3xx.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> Has anyone got pam to run under X / 6.5.
> If you have would you mail me.

> Thanks,

> Greg Fell
> Fell@frith.egr.msu.edu

In 6.5, PAM does not create windows if your DISPLAY environment variable
is set to `hostname`:0.0.   The workaround is to use PAM on your local
machine, and set DISPLAY to local:0.0.  This annoying defect has been
fixed in 7.0.

Matt Squires
PAM Quality Assurance
Corvallis Information Systems