Subject: PAM and Xserver
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: John R. Shannon <john@johnrshannon.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/01/2005 05:23:31
NetBSD 2.99.16 Ix86

With an OS build from this AM's source I'm encountering:

> startx

Password:

Fatal server error:
PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
        Perhaps you do not have console ownership?

Suggestions for getting around this?

-- 
John R. Shannon, CISSP
Sr. Software Scientist
Science Applications International Corporation
john.r.shannon@saic.com
john.r.shannon@us.army.mil
john@johnrshannon.com