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[Joe Marcus Clarke]

Marco Beishuizen wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2009, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 02:48 +0200, Marco Beishuizen wrote:
>>> On Mon, 11 May 2009, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is the problem.  Your /etc/passwd entry contains a '&' which makes
>>>> for bad XML.  Replace this character with a real name for your user,
>>>> and
>>>> this problem should go away.
>>>
>>> This doesn't seem to be the problem. I removed the & from /etc/passwd
>>> from
>>> the regular user and root, and restarted X. The errors are still in the
>>> logfile, and only the "logcheck system user" and "other" in GDM.
>>
>> That is not correct.  /etc/passwd is a convenience file, but no tthe
>> real password database.  You need to edit /etc/master.passwd, and change
>> the fields there.  This is best done with the vipw command.  Once the
>> master.passwd file has been changed, vipw will automatically regenerate
>> the binary password databases.
> 
> Ok, now the error messages in the logfile are gone, thanks! The only
> thing that is left is that the possible login names to choose from are
> now "User" and "Logcheck system account". "User" is fine of course but
> why the logcheck system account? "Root" seems more logical.

Root is excluded by default.  All system build-in accounts should be
excluded, as there is a list of accounts not to show hardcoded in GDM.
This Logcheck user is outside of that realm of known excluded users.

Joe

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