On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 09:55:03AM -0700, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > 3) Logging into the same account from multiple machines (using dhcp/NIS > > and a NFS home directory) somehow breaks gdm or gconfd (I think those > > are the daemons) terribly. The machines often refuse to log out of X, > > demanding a ctrl-alt-backspace, and logging back in displays a number of > > gnome startup errors. rm -rf'ing the contents of /tmp fixes this. > > If you change the hostname of the machine, you will get the same > problems. I am not sure why these errors occur, but I have the same > problem, and the same fix works for me. > also, see /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf for some settings related to home disks on nfs. You need NeverPlaceCookiesOnNFS=false or else specify another location for the cookies, one that is local and private to the user for security. David Jansen
