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From: phil@rivendell.apana.org.au (Phil Homewood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: xdm (R6) problem on FreeBSD.1.1.5.1
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Date: 3 Sep 1994 08:03:13 GMT
Organization: Rivendell - APANA Brisbane.
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Jason Fearon (jasonf@cs.su.oz.au) wrote:
: 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 ??
Do you have DES or some sort of encryption library installed on your
machine?
If so, you need the version of xdm compiled with DES support; if not,
go for the version of xdm without.
Cause of this mayhem, of course, is the dain-bramaged US export
control laws. Why, oh why, do they bother?
Phil.
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Phil Homewood phil@rivendell.apana.org.au
APANA Brisbane Regional Co-Ordinator brisbane@apana.org.au
"Baby, baby, it's my turn to cry"