Bug#366014: gnome-session: Failed to login due to setuid/setgid process

[Josselin Mouette]

reassign 366014 gdm
thanks

Le jeudi 04 mai 2006 à 21:24 -0400, Jung-hoon Han a écrit :
> logging with normal user emit following message with zenity dialog:
> ----------------------------------START
> /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp..
> ..blah.. blah.. (running: /usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -a -w.. blah.. blah..
> ...........
> /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
> (process:5489): Gtk-Warning: **: This process is currently running setuid
> or setgid.
> This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper program instead.
> For further details, see:
> http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html
> Refusing to initialize GTK+.
> ---------------------------------END
> 
> BUT by starting with startx & ~/.xsession
> (executes gnome-session directly)
> allows normal user's log- into GNOME.

This is a known bug in gdm.
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