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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1904 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 15:03:17 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!torpid.unx.sas.com!sastdr From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) Subject: Re: xdm for XFree86 1.2 & crypt Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: <C2uvA3.G3t@unx.sas.com> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 15:06:01 GMT References: <1993Feb22.032352.33872@source.asset.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: torpid.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 48 In article <1993Feb22.032352.33872@source.asset.com> hissam@source.asset.com (Scott A. Hissam) writes: >386bsd'ers > > in trying out xdm for XFree 1.2, it would not accept my password as >valid and I AM using dummy passwords, running strings(1) on xdm yields: > >farpoint:hissam->95 strings /usr/bin/X11/xdm.outoftheway | grep -i crypt >@(#)crypt.c 5.11 (Berkeley) 6/25/91 > > Where as running strings(1) on a silly C program that links in >crypt(3) from libc.a yields: > >farpoint:hissam->94 strings cr | grep -i crypt >Crypt not present in system > > and sure enough when the silly program is run it prints out the >message as one might expect. > > I think xdm is compiled with crypt.c as opposed as crypt_dummy.c >README.386bsd from XFree86 1.2 directory on agate.berkeley.edu says that >this is the other way around. > > can anyone verify or contradict my suspicion? > >thanks > >scott > >hissam@cards.com > > I ran into the same problem and came to the same conclusion. I fixed it by grabbing the xdm from XFree86-1.1. So far, I've had no problem running it with XFree86-1.2. I don't know if the XFree86-1.1 distribution is still available anywhere; if anyone needs a copy of the executable; I can uuencode it and mail it to you. - Dave Rivers - (rivers@ponds.uucp (home)) (sastdr@unx.sas.com (work)) -- UPDATE ALL INFORMATION AND POD INTO COSMOS - Federal Express