I am getting session expired error.

[prashanthmpai]

I am getting session expired error as soon as i type my username and password. It was giving a message like

The session has expired in less than 10 seconds. The reason may be for low disk space in the syaytem.Please go to one of the fail safe session and try to fix the problem

.

There was a file named

./xsession-errors file

. When i checked .xsession-errors file i found that there is low disk space in

/tmp

.

Then i checked it in falisafe by going into /tmp folder. But i didnt understand how to fix the problem in that folder because that folder contains mplayer-conf'x, one root folder and some other important folder.

I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

[praka123]

what i did was userdel the account (leaving home dir) and again useradd

[prashanthmpai]

Now its working. Because i deleted some files from the linux installed drive from "failsafe terminal" and rebooted.

The code to delete file or a directory is " rm -rf <directory or filename>".

[praka123]

but even in new installs same error message is displayed if u suddenly log out etc

[prashanthmpai]

Then with that error message, there may be a file called ".xsession-errors file". Check this file to get the drive where it is showing the low disk space and use the command "rm -rf" to delete those file which you dont need.

[vignesh]

What were the files you deleted..I had that problem to I ended up reinstalling..,...

I even tried adding a new user but it never worked then.

[prashanthmpai]

All the files which were not in need, i deleted it leaving the conf's.
And i uninstalled some programs which i installed after downloading tarballs and rpm's.

[vignesh]

The config files in the home directory ?

[prashanthmpai]

Nope the conf's files were Mplayer conf's files...

[vignesh]

I changed some file permissions and then I got the error.Any idea why it happened.

[prashanthmpai]

Then check the permission for root and the other user you have done while installing the linux..

[Satissh S]

@Vignesh: If I remember right, when I changed the permissions of /home partitions like this,

Owner          Read(Y)           Write(Y)         Execute(Y)
Group          Read(Y)           Write(Y)         Execute(Y)
Others         Read(Y)           Write(Y)         Execute(Y)

I got that error. Then I changed the permissions such that the number gets to 664. Then I was able to login properly. Dunno Why!!. Heck Linux User permissions throws me down

One thing that puzzles me is why all these security features are enabled by Default!!!

[vignesh]

Its because its mainly used for servers..I guess