Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Kerin Millar <kerin@×××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] PAM log entry
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:48:30
Message-Id: 3899.10.0.0.99.1100191704.squirrel@10.0.0.99
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] PAM log entry by Ben Munat
1 > Hi,
2 >
3 > I've started seeing this repeatedly in my log/messages:
4 >
5 > PAM pam_putenv: delete non-existent entry; XAUTHORITY
6 >
7 > Anyone know what this means?
8 >
9
10 I could be wrong, but I think it means that it's trying to unset the
11 XAUTHORITY environment variable which was not set in any case.
12
13 See the ChangeLog also:
14
15 <quote>
16 Update /etc/security/pam_env.conf to allow su to export DISPLAY and
17 XAUTHORITY if needed, bug #69925.
18 </quote>
19
20 Perhaps more information is available in the bug.
21
22 --Kerin Millar