On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 07:44, benjlijel CHAKIB wrote: > hi freind > > i have installe a net in which have insattaled a nis server but i > faced a problem . in some hosts i can't login whith the > graphical mode i may only login whith the text mode. > when i login whith the graphical interface it show me a box in which > this message > "/etc/x11/gdm/Pression > Defaults :Registring your session whith wtmp and wmp > impossible to define the mode 0700 in the private directory of > configuration gnome " I would bet that in the text mode, you don't have a writable /home directory either. Make certain that the permissions in the user's /home directory are correct. Forrest