The problem seems to be that ldap users are not allowed to login when using kdm/xdm Using the console they seem to be able to log in correctly, so I don't think the problem is how I have pam and ldap set up. Also the icons for the ldap users show up properly in kdm. The error output produced from xdm is Verifying ben getspnam() failed, errno=0. Are you root? passsword verify failed the versions of the packages are xfree-4.2.0-r9 pam_ldap-134 nss-ldap-174 pam-0.75-r6 and my pam files /etc/pam.d/xdm #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session optional /lib/security/pam_console.so /etc/pam.d/system-auth #%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so use_first_pass auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so account required /lib/security/pam_unix.so account required /lib/security/pam_ldap.so password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 password sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow use_authtok password sufficient /lib/security/pam_ldap.so use_authok password required /lib/security/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so session optional /lib/security/pam_ldap.so --snip of /etc/nsswitch.conf -- passwd: files ldap shadow: files ldap group: files ldap -- and my make.conf has USE="ldap" and my make.defaults contains pam
stupid me.. didnt look at kde section in pam sorry :(
