Adding new user no workie (Arch)

[dedanna1029]

Trying to add a new user to my machine. Used gpasswd to add the user, and the user to the groups, and the system is seeing the new user successfully, but at login the user can't login from slim. Upon checking mail in /var/spool, mail says something to the effect that the user was added but that in /etc/groups, the password was not set with 'x'. Any clue what's up?

Thanks.

[viking60]

Hi there!
This seems to be a Slim issue - gimme a minute.....
Slim seems to have some gnome3 issues and is depreceated these days but I still have it working....
I think you need to have a look at

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/etc/pam.d/slim

And add these two lines:

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auth       optional    pam_gnome_keyring.so
session    optional    pam_gnome_keyring.so    auto_start

And this to /etc/pam.d/passwd

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password        optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18637

[dedanna1029]

Thanks so much. We'll give 'er a try and post back.

[dedanna1029]

Sorry Boss. It no workie.

[dedanna1029]

It has just occurred to me that it's probably because I'm still offline and haven't caught the update that fixed the bug maybe? Sorry for flooding. Am on my phone which makes things a bit difficult.

[viking60]

If you use a screensaver you have to add this to /etc/pam.d/gnome-screensaver

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auth    optional        pam_gnome_keyring.so

And then you have to change the login_cmd line in /etc/slim.conf:

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login_cmd exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session >~/.xsession-errors 2>&1

Now it may work depending on how updated your Gnome is.

[dedanna1029]

Yeah. Unfortunately not updated enough. It's been since I left NM for school. Still not working. Am debating on one of two things: Either switch back to gdm or download updates at school and install them manually. Thanks so much for trying, Boss.

[viking60]

No problem.
Switching back to gdm makes a lot of sense. Slim upstream is not developing that actively anymore.

[dedanna1029]

Unfortunately is something that will have to wait, too. Have to remember how to do it. No real time until quarter break for Christmas. BTW, the above did do one thing. It took 'Shut down' away from the Gnome menu. lol. Am using the halt command. lol.

[dedanna1029]

away, not amay. lol

[viking60]

Unfortunately is something that will have to wait, too. Have to remember how to do it. No real time until quarter break for Christmas. BTW, the above did do one thing. It took 'Shut down' amay from the Gnome menu. lol. Am using the halt command. lol.

Yes there is this Gnome developer that had been smoking his socks, who decided that nobody needs "shut down". You can tweak it back according to this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gn ... tatus_menu
(I feel so special because I put it in there )
Or you could do this

It will give you the option of turning on shutdown in the Gnome tweak tool:

[dedanna1029]

Thanks. Still seems I need updates to try that. It's been since September.

Good job on that, btw.