@@ -17,10 +17,31 @@ header "ASSORTED DEBUGGING INFORMATION RELATED TO LIGHTDM:"
1717text " To eliminate it as a cause: Check if the HDD is full"
1818df -h
1919
20+ text " CHECK IF USER (BORGER) IS EXPIRED OR NOT"
21+ chage -l user
22+
23+ text " CHECK WHICH GROUPS USER (BORGER) IS IN - SPECIFICALLY RELEVANT: IS IT IN nopasswdlogin?"
24+ groups user
25+
2026text " The installed version of lightdm"
2127lightdm --version
2228
2329
30+ header " LIGHTDM MAIN CONFIG FILE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING"
31+ cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
32+
33+ header " SEE CONTENTS OF FILES UNDER LIGHTDM.CONF.D, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY"
34+ cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/*
35+
36+
37+ header " CHECK FOR THE EXISTENCE OF SOME OF LIGHTDM'S FILES, FX. TO VERIFY PERMISSIONS"
38+ # shellcheck disable=SC2010
39+ ls -l /var/lib/ | grep lightdm
40+ # Exclude repetitive current dir and parent dirs from ls listing though
41+ # shellcheck disable=SC2010
42+ ls -laR /var/lib/lightdm* | grep -v " \."
43+
44+
2445header " LOG FILES"
2546
2647text " The log files available in the lightdm log dir"
@@ -37,21 +58,7 @@ tail --lines 200 /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log
3758header " LOG OUTPUT FROM XORG"
3859tail --lines 500 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
3960
61+ # journalctl --since $(date...) | grep lightdm # the date line should perhaps be the day before, in the format 2023-11-23
4062
41- header " LIGHTDM MAIN CONFIG FILE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING"
42- cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
43-
44- header " SEE CONTENTS OF FILES UNDER LIGHTDM.CONF.D, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY"
45- cat /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/*
46-
47-
48- header " CHECK FOR THE EXISTENCE OF SOME OF LIGHTDM'S FILES, FX. TO VERIFY PERMISSIONS"
49- # shellcheck disable=SC2010
50- ls -l /var/lib/ | grep lightdm
51- # Exclude repetitive current dir and parent dirs from ls listing though
52- # shellcheck disable=SC2010
53- ls -laR /var/lib/lightdm* | grep -v " \."
54-
55-
56- header " CHECK IF USER (BORGER) IS EXPIRED OR NOT"
57- chage -l user
63+ header " CHECK THE 500 LAST LINES OF AUTH.LOG - BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE PAM LOGS"
64+ tail --lines 500 /var/log/auth.log
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