Can't login

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 08:45 -0700, Matthew Voss wrote:
> I can't login using the gui. Right now I am very glad for elinks
> termial web browser. The error message is something like this: GDM did
> not write your authorizaition file. I any event you can not log in.
> Please contact your sever administrator.

Sounds like a permissions problem with your home directory or you do not
have a home directory for the login account. Check the home directory
entry in /etc/passwd and be sure it is owned by the correct uid and
allows that uid to create files in the directory.

The authorization file is called .Xauthority and lives in your home
directory.  You might check its permissions as well.
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